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Kremlin says Griner prisoner swap must be negotiated behind closed doors
2022.10.26 06:45
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© Reuters. U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner appears on a screen via video link from the detention centre during a court hearing to consider an appeal against her prison sentence, in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, Russia October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozheni
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday said that a potential prisoner exchange with the United States to free U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, who is serving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia on drug smuggling charges, can only be negotiated quietly.
In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the rejection of Griner’s appeal by a Moscow court on Tuesday.
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