American female players were arrested in Russia with drugs, and Biden ordered sanctions to punish other countries to detain U.S. citizens

Jimu Journalist Sun Yan

Intern Zeng Zheng

According to Reuters, U.S. President Biden signed an administrative order on the 19th to authorize the US government to implement sanctions to prevent and punish other countries to detain US citizens' behavior.

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It is reported that since February of this year, the American Women's Professional Basketball League (WNBA) star player Brittini Gronin was charged with smuggling drugs in Russia, and Biden faced more and more pressure.

According to reports, the American athletes with two Olympic gold medals went to Russia to participate in the competition in February this year, but because of their luggage, they were discovered by an electronic smoke ammunition, and they were then detained at Moscow Airport.

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According to the Congress Mountain Daily, in April this year, the US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in an interview that Grona's case was "the top priority". She was released.

In June of this year, British media reported that Grona's detention time was extended again. According to the NBC report on June 21, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview that he did not agree with the US State Department's "Gronium was deducted in Russia". "Hundreds of Russian citizens who have been sentenced to marijuana" are not different.

In July, Grona acknowledged the crime of holding drugs in Russian courts, but denied that he had intentionally violated the law. It is reported that she was charged with drugs up to 10 years in prison.

It is worth noting that at the same time, a letter of help from Grenh to Biden was exposed by the media.

In the report, Reuters pointed out that the day Girina sent the letter to Biden coincided with the United States Independence Day. "For the first time in 2020, I voted for the first time (in the election), I voted for you, I believe you. You can help me regain freedom. After getting freedom, I can achieve a lot of achievements."

At that time, the White House Press Secretary Jean-Pierre said at a routine press conference that Biden had read Girina's letter and listed it as "priority."

According to the actual record released by the White House website, Ge Piel said in questions from reporters that Grona was detained in Moscow as "wrong".

Real screenshots released by the White House website

It is reported that on July 18, local time, a senior official of the Biden government said in a talk with a reporter that Biden was "committed to solving all these cases ... At the same time, he began to propose a deterrent strategy to improve the 'seizure of seizure The price of hostage 'and' wrong detention '. "

It is understood that the sanctions mentioned in this administrative order signed by Biden involved finance and travel.

In addition, on the 18th, the White House made a video call with some family members of the detention people on the 18th, but several participants were disappointed, saying "it is more like a speech, not a dialogue."

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