Tag: Moscow
US Embassy officials visit Brittney Griner in Russia prison
By ERIC TUCKER
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow visited jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday, just weeks after a Russian court rejected...
Russian court sets Brittney Griner appeal date for Oct. 25
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday set Oct. 25 as the date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against...
WNBA’s Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence
By JIM HEINTZ
-- MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug...
10,000 women march to demand that Belarus president resign
Sep 12, 2020 12:36 PMBy YURAS KARMANAUKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — About 10,000 women marched noisily through the Belarusian capital on Saturday, beating pots and...
Moscow goes into lockdown, rest of Russia braces for same
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian capital, Moscow, on Monday woke up to a lockdown obliging most of its 13 million residents...