Article 652VA Brittney Griner ‘does not expect miracles’ at appeal over Russia sentence

Brittney Griner ‘does not expect miracles’ at appeal over Russia sentence

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  • Basketball star serving nine-year jail term on drug charges
  • US involved in discussions to free Olympic champion

US basketball star Brittney Griner does not expect miracles" at her appeal hearing on on Tuesday against a nine-year Russian jail term on drug charges, her lawyers said in a statement.

The Olympic champion was arrested in February at a Moscow airport with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. She was sentenced in August to nine years in a penal colony on charges of possessing and smuggling drugs.

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