WNBA star Brittney Griner sends letter to Biden asking for his help to leave a Russian jail: 'I'm terrified I might be here forever'
WNBA star Brittney Griner wrote a letter to Biden urging him to help get her released from Russia."I voted for the first time in 2020 and I voted for you," she wrote to Biden."I believe in you."WNBA star Brittney Griner — who has been held in Russia since February — on Monday made a direct appeal to President Joe Biden for his help to release her and other Americans detained while abroad in a handwritten letter delivered to the White House.
"As I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I'm terrified I might be here forever," the Phoenix Mercury player wrote. vape cartridges with hashish oil in her luggage while she was traveling through Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.
Just days after Griner's arrest, Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, which has cratered diplomatic relations with the United States and other western countries, with Biden and other world leaders enacting a raft a sanctions against Moscow.In her letter, the player told Biden that she voted for him in the 2020 presidential election and asked that he also work to help free other individuals detained in foreign countries.
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