The couple has not spoken by phone in the four months since Griner's arrest in Russia on drug-related charges. That was to have changed Saturday, when a long-awaited call was to have finally taken place. But the day came and went without any contact, leaving an anguished Cherelle Griner to wonder what went wrong and to suspect at least initially that Russian authorities had thwarted the call.
The experience has further exacerbated already simmering frustrations about the U.S. government's response to her wife's case. U.S. officials have repeatedly said they are working behind the scenes to get the two-time Olympian home from Russia and consider her case a top priority.
She added: “I find it unacceptable and I have zero trust in our government right now. If I can't trust you to catch a Saturday call outside of business hours, how can I trust you to actually be negotiating on my wife's behalf to come home? Because that's a much bigger ask than to catch a Saturday call.”
The State Department in May designated her as wrongfully detained, moving her case under the supervision of its Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, effectively the government's chief hostage negotiator. Russian state-run news agency Tass reported last week that her detention had been extended until July 3.
So?!
While I think getting busted for 'pot cartridges' is BS, despite being against the law in Russia; they're using her for political reasons... Not just charging her for having weed extract... But Putin wants to be like Stalin or Satan, sooo...
Marijuana is not legal in the USA, Russia can say whatever, not a good idea if you take it abroad, much less into a lawless dictatorship, no schooling needed, well schooling is happening now
Yeah they should work weekends and holidays to make sure she could make a phone call.
If she was Caucasian... She woulda been home weeks ago... 'Nuff said!!!...
The American embassy is not staffed on weekends? FFS…
Another slow news day so that is good I guess. No one cares about this. She has earned every minute in jail for knowingly breaking a law in a foreign country. Maybe the time away will help her appreciate America for once.
If someone didn't get arrested this wouldn't be an issue.
Too bad. She is in jail.
Poor baby
Drugs are bad, MKay!
Sometimes inmates don’t get privileges. That’s the way life is. Don’t break the law.
Maybe next time she will be able to HASH it out?
Why are we concerned with a pothead stuck in Russia who hates America?
Ok?
Maybe if she didn't break the law they would have spent their anniversary together.
Who gives a fuk
This is not going to end well for her! If you think Putin won’t make sure she gets a guilty verdict and 10years of hard labor, you all have been under a rock. The more Biden helps Ukraine the worse it will be for Britney. It’s sad, but she should have known the laws there.!
And?
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