{"id":275884,"date":"2022-08-05T23:54:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T18:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=275884"},"modified":"2022-08-05T23:54:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T18:54:27","slug":"russia-ready-to-discuss-prisoner-swap-with-washington-after-us-basketball-stars-jailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/russia-ready-to-discuss-prisoner-swap-with-washington-after-us-basketball-stars-jailing\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia \u2018ready\u2019 to discuss prisoner swap with Washington after US basketball star\u2019s jailing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Moscow<br \/>\nRussia said on Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with Washington at the presidential level, a day after the drug conviction of US basketball star Brittney Griner.<br \/>\nDespite tensions soaring between Russia and the US since the launch of Moscow\u2019s military intervention in Ukraine, the former Cold War rivals appeared to be edging closer to a new prisoner exchange.<br \/>\nThe White House has urged Russia to accept its offer of a deal for the release of Griner and former US Marine Paul Whelan, who was sentenced to 16 years in prison on espionage charges.<br \/>\nRussia\u2019s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday said Russia was willing to discuss the matter.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are ready to discuss this subject, but only within the framework of the (communication) channel established by presidents Putin and Biden,\u201d Lavrov told a press conference on a visit to Cambodia.<br \/>\n\u201cThere is a special channel established by the presidents and despite certain public declarations, it is still functional,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nWNBA player Griner was on Thursday sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony and ordered to pay a fine of one million rubles ($16,590) for possessing and smuggling narcotics.<br \/>\nThe two-time Olympic basketball gold medallist and Women\u2019s NBA champion was detained at a Moscow airport in February after she was found carrying vape cartridges with cannabis oil in her luggage.<br \/>\nThe Phoenix Mercury player was coming to Russia to play club basketball with UMMC Ekaterinburg during the US off-season \u2014 a common path for American stars seeking additional income.<br \/>\nGriner pleaded guilty to the charges, but said she did not intend to break the law or use the banned substance in Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with Washington at the presidential level, a day after the drug conviction of US basketball star Brittney Griner. 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