WNBA's Griner loses Russian prison appeal
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WNBA's Griner loses Russian prison appeal
A Russian court has rejected an appeal by American basketball star Brittney Griner against her nine-year prison sentence.
She was arrested in February at a Moscow airport with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil, which is banned in Russia, in an incident that has become another flashpoint between Moscow and Washington.
Matthew Larotonda reports.
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