恐れるs Putin will use WNBA All-星／主役にする Brittney Griner, 31, as a 'high-profile 人質' after she was 拘留するd on arrival at Moscow airport three WEEKS ago with 'cannabis-filled vape pen': 直面するs 10 YEARS in 刑務所，拘置所

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American women's basketball 広大な／多数の／重要な Brittney Griner has been 拘留するd in Russia for at least three weeks after the two-time Olympic gold メダル 勝利者 and seven time WNBA All-星／主役にする was 逮捕（する）d at a Moscow airport for 恐らく having a vape pen filled with hash oil.

Griner, 31, was 拘留するd last month while 飛行機で行くing in to play for her ロシアの basketball team during the WNBA offseason, but there has been no 確認するd date of when she was 逮捕（する）d. Her last communication was on February 5 when she 地位，任命するd a photo to Instagram of her and her 不死鳥／絶品 水銀柱，温度計 チーム仲間s.?

Now Russia might use Griner as てこ入れ／借入資本 as she 直面するs up to 10 years in 刑務所，拘置所 on the 麻薬 密輸するing 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金.

'If we want her out of 刑務所，拘置所, Russia is going to have some 条件,' Former U.S. 副 Assistant 国防長官 for Russia and ウクライナ共和国 Evelyn Farkas told Yahoo Sports. 'It could be a 囚人 交換（する）. They also could use it as an implicit 脅し or ゆすり，恐喝 to get us to do something or not do something. Either way, they find it useful.'?

In a 声明 to DailyMail.com on Saturday, Griner's スパイ／執行官 Lindsay Kagawa Colas?did not 論争 報告（する）／憶測s of her （弁護士の）依頼人's 拘留，拘置.

'We are aware of the 状況／情勢 with Brittney Griner in Russia and are in の近くに 接触する with her, her 合法的な 代表 in Russia, her family, her teams, and the WNBA and NBA,' Colas said. 'As this is an 現在進行中の 合法的な 事柄, we are not able to comment その上の on the 明確な／細部s of her 事例／患者 but can 確認する that as we work to get her home, her mental and physical health remain our 最初の／主要な 関心.'?

Griner's wife, Cherelle, also took to social マスコミ Saturday to thank people for their 祈りs during what she 述べるd as one of the 'weakest' moments of her life.?

'Thank you to every one who has reached out to me regarding my wife's 安全な return from Russia,' she captioned a photo of her and Brittney.?

'Your 祈りs and support are 大いに 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がるd. I love my wife wholeheartedly, so this message comes during one of the weakest moments of my life. I understand that many of you have grown to love BG over the years and have 関心s and want 詳細（に述べる）s. Please 栄誉（を受ける） our privacy as we continue to work on getting my wife home 安全に. Thank you!

Many are worried for Griner's safety while in 保護／拘留 in Russia - where Vladimir Putin has 制定するd strict anti-gay 法律s.?

Griner, pictured in 黒人／ボイコット, is seen 存在 stopped by airport police after a sniffer dog 選ぶd up something in her 捕らえる、獲得する in February?

Griner is pictured putting her 捕らえる、獲得する through a scanner after she was approached by a sniffer dog

Griner was in Russia to play for UMMC Yekaterinburg in the women's EuroLeague, where she has played since 2016 and helped the team 勝利，勝つ four 肩書を与えるs

Griner's last communication was on February 5 when she 地位，任命するd a photo to Instagram of her and her 不死鳥／絶品 水銀柱，温度計 チーム仲間s

On Saturday, Griner's wife Cherelle (権利) thanked people for their 祈りs during what she 述べるd as one of the 'weakest' moments of her life

Many are worried for Griner's safety while in 保護／拘留 in Russia - where Vladimir Putin has 制定するd strict anti-gay 法律s

Texas 下院議員 Joaquin Castro said he would 監視する the 状況／情勢 and said Griner must be 安全に returned

目だつ 政治家，政治屋s from her home 明言する／公表する of Texas are also calling for her 解放（する）.?

On Saturday, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson 物陰／風下 said she has spoken with the 明言する／公表する Department to get the WNBA 星／主役にする 解放（する）d.?

?'We know that there were some 問題／発行するs 取引，協定ing with vape cartridges and other items but let me be very （疑いを）晴らす,' L ee, who 代表するs Griner's hometown of Houston, said on Saturday. 'Brittney Griner is a 部隊d 明言する／公表するs 国民, she was a guest in Russia…and I will be 需要・要求するing her 解放（する）.'?

Texas 下院議員 Joaquin Castro said he would 監視する the 状況／情勢 and said Griner must be 安全に returned.?

'I'm closely 監視するing 報告（する）／憶測s of Texan Brittney Griner's?拘留，拘置 in Russia. This follows a pattern of Russia wrongly 拘留するing & 拘留するing US 国民s, 含むing Trevor Reed. US 国民s are not political pawns. Brittney, Trevor, and other Americans must be 安全に returned,' he tweeted on Saturday.?

Griner flew from? New York to Moscow's?Sheremetyevo International Airport, where 麻薬-匂いをかぐing dogs were drawn to her luggage, によれば?InterFax ロシアの news 機関. The date of her flight has not been 明らかにする／漏らすd.???

After the dog identified the 捕らえる、獲得する, a customs スパイ／執行官 used 'fluoroscopic 器具／備品' to ざっと目を通す the contents and discovered the vape cartridges.

ビデオ 株d on 電報電信 showed the moment she was apprehended, with a dog approaching Griner as she walked through the airport. She was then seen putting her 所持品 through a scanner, with 警官，（賞などを）獲得するs putting items in a plastic 証拠 envelope and 調印（する）ing it shut as she looked on.?

'The customs 査察 of 手渡す luggage carried by a US 国民 確認するd the presence of 'vapes' with a liquid with a 明確な／細部 smell, and an 専門家 設立する that the liquid is a 麻薬 cannabis oil (hash oil),' によれば the ロシアの customs service.?

Griner was 飛行機で行くing to Russia to play for UMMC Yekaterinburg in the women's EuroLeague, where she has played since 2016 and helped the team 勝利，勝つ four 肩書を与えるs.?

She last played for UMMC Ekaterinburg on January 29 before the league took a two-week break in 早期に February for the FIBA World Cup qualifying tournaments, CBS News 報告（する）／憶測d.?

Griner, like many other players, take overseas 職業s to 補足（する） their salary from the WNBA.?

She earned over $1 million per season playing for the ロシアの team.

Her 逮捕（する） in Russia couldn't come at a worse time as the country has been 孤立するd financially and 政治上 from the 残り／休憩（する） of the world after it 侵略するd ウクライナ共和国.

空気／公表する travel between ロシアの and the U.S. has been 停止（させる）d as part of the 経済的な 許可／制裁s that 大統領 Joe Biden 徴収するd against the Slavic nation for attacking its neighbor.?

On February 11, six days after Griner's last Instagram 地位，任命する, the Biden 行政 told Americans to leave ウクライナ共和国 and 警告するd that an 侵略 could begin 'at any time' but Griner could have already been 拘留するd by then.?

Many American professional basketball players competing in Russia during the WNBA offseason 設立する themselves 緊急発進するing to find 航空機による tickets to the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs に引き続いて Vladimir Putin's 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国?over safety 関心s.???

Players that fled 含む WNBA 星／主役にするs Breanna Stewart, Courtney Vandersloot, Jonquel Jones, Natasha Howard and Arike Ogunbowale, the Washington 地位，任命する 報告（する）／憶測d.?

On Saturday, the 明言する／公表する Department recently 問題／発行するd an （a）忠告の／（n）警報 not to travel to Russia 特記する／引用するing the possible 'いやがらせ against U.S. 国民s by ロシアの 政府 安全 公式の／役人 s.'

公式の／役人s 追加するd that U.S. 国民s should leave Russia すぐに and that the 大使館 had '限られた／立憲的な ability to 補助装置 U.S. 国民s.'

'Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me regarding my wife's 安全な return from Russia,' Brittney's wife Cherelle Griner told her 信奉者s on Saturday (couple pictured together)

After her 離婚 with Johnson was 完結するd in 2016 Griner was ordered to 支払う／賃金 child support for twin daughters Ava Simone and Solei Diem (pictured)

In 2015, Griner and her then wife, Glory Johnson, (pictured) were 一時停止するd for seven games after they were 逮捕（する）d and 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 国内の 暴力／激しさ

'USA Basketball is aware of and closely 監視するing the 合法的な 状況／情勢 直面するing Brittney Griner in Russia,' the WNBA said in a 声明. 'Brittney has always 扱うd herself with the 最大の professionalism during her long 任期 with USA Basketball and her safety and wellbeing are our 最初の／主要な 関心s.'?

Many are worried for Griner, who is 率直に gay, to be 拘留するd in Russia- which is famously anti LGBTQ+.???

The 不死鳥／絶品 水銀柱，温度計 確認するd that Griner was 逮捕（する）d and 刑務所，拘置所d. 所有／入手 of cannabis is 違法な in Russia. 所有／入手 of up to six grams can result in a 罰金 or 監禁，拘置 of up to 15 days, while 存在 caught with larger 量s can lead to a stiffer 宣告，判決.

It is 不明瞭な how much of the 麻薬 Griner had in her 所有／入手.?

She was 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with '密輸するing 麻薬 麻薬s in a 重要な 量,' によれば Interfax, a 罪，犯罪 that carries a 刑罰，罰則 of five to ten years in 刑務所，拘置所.?

Griner, who is known for her sharp 肘s on and off the basketball 法廷，裁判所, led Baylor University in Waco, Texas, to a 国家の 選手権 in 2013 before 存在 草案d first 全体にわたる by the 不死鳥／絶品 水銀柱，温度計 later that year.?

She 普通の／平均（する）d more than 15 points per game in 2014, the year the team won the WNBA 選手権.?

The six-foot-nine-インチ 中心 was part of gold メダル-winning 2016 U.S. Women's Basketball team in Brazil and again won gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.??

In 2015, Griner and her then wife, Glory Johnson, were 一時停止するd for seven games after they were 逮捕（する）d and 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 国内の 暴力／激しさ.?

Griner pleaded 有罪の to disorderly 行為／行うd and agreed to a six month 国内の 暴力／激しさ 予防 助言, after which the 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s were （疑いを）晴らすd, によれば The New York Times.?

?In June 2015 after Johnson 明らかにする／漏らすd she was 妊娠している with twins に引き続いて an IVF 治療s, Griner とじ込み／提出するd for an 取り消し from Johnson after いっそう少なく than a month of marriage.

によれば Griner, she married Johnson under 圧力 said she was not 伴う／関わるd in her pregnancy.?

Their 離婚 was 完結するd the next year and Griner was ordered to 支払う／賃金 child support for twin daughters Ava Simone and Solei Diem.