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Brittney Griner appears in Russian court as pressure mounts on Biden White House to secure her release

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(MOSCOW) — WNBA star Brittney Griner appeared in a Russian court on Thursday morning for the third day of her trial, as the Biden administration works to secure her release.

Griner did not testify but several Russian individuals testified as character witnesses about their experiences with the basketball star.

The first witness was Maxim Ryabkov, the director of UMMC — the Russian basketball club in the city of Yekaterinburg for which Griner played in the WNBA offseason. The second witness was team doctor Anatoly Galabin, who said that she never tested positive for doping while playing for

 

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