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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

Brittney Griner’s wife blasts Biden after scheduled call with wife didn’t happen because US embassy wasn’t staffed

Associated Press

The wife of imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner said she has “zero trust” in the US Government after the couple’s first call in four months failed to go through because the American embassy in Moscow didn’t have staff working on the weekend.

Cherelle Griner told the Associated Press that the couple had received Russian government approval for their first call since Brittney was imprisoned on 17 February on charges of carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil.

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