A two-time American basketball player Olympic champion was arrested by the Russian authorities for being found in possession of drugs.
This is the 31-year-old Texan Brittney Griner, who plays in the women's NBA with the Phoenix Mercury team: she was stopped at customs after a flight arriving from New York, she was wearing an electronic cigarette and cannabis oil.
He potentially faces 5 to 10 years in prison. An arrest, this, which risks further increasing the tension between Moscow and Washington, already skyrocketing due to the war in Ukraine.
(Unioneonline / L)