American basketball player arrested in Russia for drug possession

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)

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