From Labor Day WNBA star Brittney Griner has been in a Russian prison for 200 days since she was first arrested at a Moscow airport on February 17 for having cannabis oil in her suitcase. grinner, a medical marijuana patient in the US had forgotten to remove the tiny amount of cannabis oil before traveling to Russia where she played with basketball best women’s team in the country for the past seven years.

Still, 31-year-old Griner, who is well-liked in Russia for her athletic ability, was put to the test sentenced to nine years in a penal colony on August 4 for drug smuggling and drug possession.

negotiations for a Prisoner exchanges are apparently underway between Moscow and Washington. Although, following a rift with what Russian diplomats dubbed US “megaphone diplomacy,” news, rumors and speculation about a possible exchange are now being kept under wraps.

after i said that Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan is said to be the main topic of the talks, which are about swapping the two for the notorious Russian arms smuggler Victor fight.

A new twist

It seems so now Russian criminal mastermind Alexander Vinnikaccused of laundering more than $4 billion through the Bitcoin (BTC/USD) digital currency was thrown into the mix.

During Griner’s incarcerationa number of US athletes, including Dennis Rodman and Boxing Hall of Fame Roy Jones, Jr. have offered to travel to Russia, where they said they would use their friendly relations Wladimir Putin to appeal for Griner’s release. However, the US State Department is not sharp on external involvement in the highly sensitive negotiations.

Griner’s 200 days, Ukraine’s 193 days: Grinerian milestones all around

At this point nobody doubts that Griner’s arrest was/is a result of the Russian-US standoff invasion of Ukrainenow in its 193rd day.

While politicians and warmongers are doing what they can’t seem to do, Americans are doing…