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US Embassy in Russia: We're Banned From Visiting Detained WNBA Star Brittney Griner
Newsmax ^ | May 17, 2022 | Jay Clemons

Posted on 05/18/2022 7:01:24 AM PDT by Navy Patriot

United States officials say that Russia blocked the U.S. Embassy from visiting detained WNBA star Brittney Griner multiple times in May.

In February, Russian officials detained Griner after allegedly finding cannabis vape cartridges in her luggage. Since then, Griner has reportedly had her detention stays extended at least twice, including in the last week.

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On Tuesday, a State Department spokesperson confirmed that Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a private conversation with Cherelle Griner, Brittney's wife, according to The Hill.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: humor; lol
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The Embassy staff should complain to the January 6th defendants in solitary, ...

oh, wait...


1 posted on 05/18/2022 7:01:24 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Everything connected to Russia has become politicized since the Ukraine invasion. Now, it’s as though Britney was being held in North Korea by Krazy Kim. Sounds like a miserable, rather bleak existence for anybody.


2 posted on 05/18/2022 7:20:45 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Navy Patriot

“WNBA Star Brittney Griner“

Right, try finding two people who know who she is.


3 posted on 05/18/2022 7:24:45 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

Foot fault: pronoun.


4 posted on 05/18/2022 7:29:01 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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so a lesbian can make as much money as she wants in Russia as long as she doesn’t vape.


5 posted on 05/18/2022 7:32:19 AM PDT by VAFreedom (Wuhan Pneumonia-Made by CCP, Copyright Xi Jingping)
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Let her serve out her punishment.

Americans need to learn how to travel to other countries without acting like entitled royalty.


6 posted on 05/18/2022 8:14:51 AM PDT by bhl
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To: Navy Patriot

I’m sure she is rotting very nicely in jail. Give it a break, maybe they should simply visit her monthly, quarterly, or annually? The homosexual drug user is where she belongs, in jail.


7 posted on 05/18/2022 8:26:29 AM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: gibsonguy

OR-—WHO GIVE A DAMN.


8 posted on 05/18/2022 8:28:48 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: bhl

This ought to be lesson ro her how good it still is here (despite the freedoms

already compromised) and she teaches her knucklehead associates of both

genders the truth as opposed to all the brainwashing lies of traitors and enemies.


9 posted on 05/18/2022 8:30:19 AM PDT by Surrounded_too
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To: Reno89519; bhl

Exactly. Do the crime, do the time. At no point, have I heard any claim that this dyke was framed. You bring your illegal drugs into a country where they don’t coddle dopers, you suffer the consequences.


10 posted on 05/18/2022 8:35:59 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: lee martell

Listen up kids, don’t bring drugs into foreign countries.


11 posted on 05/18/2022 8:36:49 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Navy Patriot

12 posted on 05/18/2022 8:39:04 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: bhl

“Americans need to learn how to travel to other countries without acting like entitled royalty.”

This!

There is a reason for the term “Ugly American.”

On an unrelated note, “The Ugly American” by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick was a good book. I read it in high school in 1965.


13 posted on 05/18/2022 9:16:30 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Navy Patriot

Before going to a foreign country, I would triple check everything to make sure I have nothing considered illegal in that country


14 posted on 05/18/2022 9:25:02 AM PDT by roving
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To: roving

It is a wise policy to familiarize yourself with the Laws, Rules, and Regulations of a Foreign Country you intend to visit.


15 posted on 05/18/2022 9:30:16 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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“Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a private conversation with Cherelle Griner, Brittney’s wife”

“Look, Cherelle, we are trying to make the world safe for perverts but we are a little behind schedule....”


16 posted on 05/18/2022 9:34:30 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: gibsonguy

“WNBA Star Brittney Griner“

Right, try finding two people who know who she is.
= = =

I guess you don’t mean that Brittny Speers person?


17 posted on 05/18/2022 10:41:53 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance)gg g)
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To: Navy Patriot

She hates the US, let her rot in a Russian prison.


18 posted on 05/18/2022 1:13:23 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: Navy Patriot

Hi.

Is Lubyanka prison still available?

Do the FSB still interogate prisoners?

Let them keep her for awhile. Might improve her attitude.

5.56mm


19 posted on 05/18/2022 1:17:25 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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You have a good point.

Had she gone to Russia with a better attitude and simply obeyed Russian Drug Laws, she'd be home now without incident.

20 posted on 05/18/2022 1:53:36 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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