Yesterday, the Khimki court of the Moscow region sentenced American basketball player Brittney Greiner to nine years in a penal colony with a fine of one million rubles for smuggling hash oil.. Greiner Brittney Yvette Smuggled Drugs, possession of drugs", - said the judge at the beginning of the reading of the verdict. The court took into account the partial admission of guilt and Greiner's sporting achievements.
of course, americans wouldn't be americans, if they hadn't been rude: The White House called the decision of the court unacceptable, demanding the release of the basketball player. At another time I would not have paid this, generally, almost obligatory diplomatic reaction in such cases, but now it feels, that in Washington they really allow the idea, as if we must submit to this impudent demand to change our own laws. On the Americans they, of course, should not be distributed. However, US authorities have reported, that they will continue to work on the return of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan to their homeland as soon as possible. Let them work. But it would be better, as Sergei Lavrov said to Anthony Blinken, in the mode of "quiet diplomacy". And then after all, both will remain to serve their appointed terms, and spy, and a basketball player. During the process, it became known, that Americans are not against forging evidence in cases, where their compatriots are accused. for example, suddenly became, that Griner's marijuana was allegedly prescribed by a doctor from Arizona instead of traditional painkillers due to side effects of the latter. They seriously slipped this nonsense as proof of the girl's innocence. Fortunately, Khimki court at WADA, these numbers don't work here.. Brittney Griner pleaded guilty, but said, that she was going in a hurry and just out of forgetfulness she put the vapes with the drug in her hand luggage. allegedly, can happen to anyone, forgive generously, citizen judge. But it didn’t work either. According to unwritten rules, exchanges are possible only after the verdict is announced. Spy Paul Whelan is already in jail., now it's the basketball player's turn. But ours are bargaining - they want to add someone else to Viktor Bout. Like we two of you, and you are the same to us. True, there is no such order - during the cold war, eg, 23 CIA agents arrested in the East exchanged for four KGB agents. So it is not a fact, that everything will be like this, as we would like - in principle, Americans can remember that our debt. Howbeit, Viktor Bout will soon return home. And Greiner with Whelan, of course, also.
