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Anonymous wrote:I really can't believe that as a gay woman she was comfortable going to Putin's Russia at all. I speak Russian, love Russian culture, and I haven't been comfortable going to Russia for at least a decade ... and I'm a straight white woman. But bad things happen to people in countries run by men like that.

She earned big big money in Russia playing for a Russian team--over a million dollars per year. She'd been playing for the team for years.

So she kneels for her country’s national anthem but throws all of her “principles” out of the window for a couple of dollars to play a game in Russia. Sounds like a high character individual.

DH hopes they blast the national anthem in her cell 24/7 until she is released.

Ewww! You must be married to a real pig. Guessing you agree with him + love Trump- right?!

So many gross posters on this thread. So many are ok with locking up an American...as long as she is black + gay. And, do not tell me about the law...I am a lawyer.

I think it’s her hatred of her country that resonates most with her detractors.

10:14 that is why DH feels the way he does

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Anonymous wrote:She is definitely guilty, have to follow the law of the country you are in. Now she only had .7 grams of cannabis oil which is almost nothing. 10 years is a max sentence, if they give her that then it is wrong and purely as a negotiation move. If she gets a year or less then that likely makes sense, she’s already served like 4 months.

If she were a Russian citizen anything under 6 grams would be considered an administrative offense. She'd have to pay a fine but no jail time. Russia is 100% using her as a political pawn. The fact that she is getting harsher treatment than anyone else would have is unjust. To match Russia's "fairness" toward US citizens, maybe the US should do the same thing - start rounding up and incarcerating any Putin-connected Russian citizens in the US for administrative-offense level things like unpaid parking tickets and offer to send them to Russia as prisoner exchange. That would be comparably fair to what Russia is doing.

I’m all for this plan. I just don’t think we should exchange Victor Bout who is a mass murderer, for Britney Griner. Round up some oligarchs, trump up the charges and exchange them for Britney.

Round up random Russian nationals on charges and offer them up for prisoner exchange for Griner.

I think we could get a lot more in exchange for their oligarchs than a basketball player.

Nah, we just need to round up a few of the oligarch's adult children at NYU, HBS, Wharton, Stanford, etc. Pretty easy pickin's, should be easy to get them on a trumped up charge.

No, we'll do nothing because that' the US's MO. We've had American citizens held hostage by other countries while we welcome their citizens, so nothing new here. Ideally, we'd be trading her for any Russians still in the US and banning any more from entering

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It feels like the US is never willing to take a strong stance in these situations. Create a situation where Russia has to trade for citizens held on trumped up charges. There are so many archaic laws on the books in the US that you could find something to charge anyone with.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no reason to believe she did anything wrong.
I assume the Russians are lying and bringing false charges.

Has anyone - her wife, or anyone else - said that she did not have the contraband?

Anonymous wrote:There is no reason to believe she did anything wrong.
I assume the Russians are lying and bringing false charges.

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Anonymous wrote:When you are traveling outside of the US and you break the laws of another country, it is standard for the US to not get involved. The only reason this case has received so much attention is because she's an athlete. If she was the average person no one would hear anything and the person would be allowed to just sit there in their own mess.

You're 100% ignorant or lying. Whenever a U.S. citizen is detained overseas, the U.S. embassy or closest consulate in that country will assist the American citizens in legal defense matters and negotiations with the foreign government.

Wrong. Totally wrong. Assist in legal defense? Nope. They will provide some info on local attorneys you can hire. They will also make sure you are being treated properly as per international agreements - getting food, water, not beaten, etc. You really think State is paying legal fees and entering into negotiations over every jackass American who gets locked up overseas?

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Anonymous wrote:When you are traveling outside of the US and you break the laws of another country, it is standard for the US to not get involved. The only reason this case has received so much attention is because she's an athlete. If she was the average person no one would hear anything and the person would be allowed to just sit there in their own mess.

You're 100% ignorant or lying. Whenever a U.S. citizen is detained overseas, the U.S. embassy or closest consulate in that country will assist the American citizens in legal defense matters and negotiations with the foreign government.

Anonymous wrote:When you are traveling outside of the US and you break the laws of another country, it is standard for the US to not get involved. The only reason this case has received so much attention is because she's an athlete. If she was the average person no one would hear anything and the person would be allowed to just sit there in their own mess.

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Anonymous wrote:I really can't believe that as a gay woman she was comfortable going to Putin's Russia at all. I speak Russian, love Russian culture, and I haven't been comfortable going to Russia for at least a decade ... and I'm a straight white woman. But bad things happen to people in countries run by men like that.

She earned big big money in Russia playing for a Russian team--over a million dollars per year. She'd been playing for the team for years.

So she kneels for her country’s national anthem but throws all of her “principles” out of the window for a couple of dollars to play a game in Russia. Sounds like a high character individual.

DH hopes they blast the national anthem in her cell 24/7 until she is released.

Ewww! You must be married to a real pig. Guessing you agree with him + love Trump- right?!

So many gross posters on this thread. So many are ok with locking up an American...as long as she is black + gay. And, do not tell me about the law...I am a lawyer.

I think it’s her hatred of her country that resonates most with her detractors.

10:14 here that is why DH feels the way he does

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Anonymous wrote:I really can't believe that as a gay woman she was comfortable going to Putin's Russia at all. I speak Russian, love Russian culture, and I haven't been comfortable going to Russia for at least a decade ... and I'm a straight white woman. But bad things happen to people in countries run by men like that.

She earned big big money in Russia playing for a Russian team--over a million dollars per year. She'd been playing for the team for years.

So she kneels for her country’s national anthem but throws all of her “principles” out of the window for a couple of dollars to play a game in Russia. Sounds like a high character individual.

DH hopes they blast the national anthem in her cell 24/7 until she is released.

Ewww! You must be married to a real pig. Guessing you agree with him + love Trump- right?!

So many gross posters on this thread. So many are ok with locking up an American...as long as she is black + gay. And, do not tell me about the law...I am a lawyer.

I think it’s her hatred of her country that resonates most with her detractors.

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Anonymous wrote:She is definitely guilty, have to follow the law of the country you are in. Now she only had .7 grams of cannabis oil which is almost nothing. 10 years is a max sentence, if they give her that then it is wrong and purely as a negotiation move. If she gets a year or less then that likely makes sense, she’s already served like 4 months.

If she were a Russian citizen anything under 6 grams would be considered an administrative offense. She'd have to pay a fine but no jail time. Russia is 100% using her as a political pawn. The fact that she is getting harsher treatment than anyone else would have is unjust. To match Russia's "fairness" toward US citizens, maybe the US should do the same thing - start rounding up and incarcerating any Putin-connected Russian citizens in the US for administrative-offense level things like unpaid parking tickets and offer to send them to Russia as prisoner exchange. That would be comparably fair to what Russia is doing.

I’m all for this plan. I just don’t think we should exchange Victor Bout who is a mass murderer, for Britney Griner. Round up some oligarchs, trump up the charges and exchange them for Britney.

Round up random Russian nationals on charges and offer them up for prisoner exchange for Griner.

I think we could get a lot more in exchange for their oligarchs than a basketball player.

Nah, we just need to round up a few of the oligarch's adult children at NYU, HBS, Wharton, Stanford, etc. Pretty easy pickin's, should be easy to get them on a trumped up charge.

No, we'll do nothing because that' the US's MO. We've had American citizens held hostage by other countries while we welcome their citizens, so nothing new here. Ideally, we'd be trading her for any Russians still in the US and banning any more from entering

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I think it’s her hatred of her country that resonates most with her detractors.