WNBA star Brittney Griner urged President Joe Biden to act fast and bring home Evan Gershkovich after the Wall Street Journal reporter was detained by Russia.
Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist with Team USA, was detained herself in February 2022 at an airport in Moscow when vape cartridges containing hashish oil were found in her luggage. She was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison and her case became something of a political game between the US and Russia, whose relations deteriorated following Vladimir Putin ’s invasion of Ukraine.
With the help of the Biden administration, Griner returned to the United States in a prisoner swap before signing with the Phoenix Mercury ahead of the 2023 WNBA season. However, she took to Instagram on Saturday night to show her support for Gershkovich after he was taken into custody by Russian authorities and accused of spying last Thursday.
