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Biden is going to bring Paul Whelan home from Russia.
US President Joe Biden said that Russia is treating Paul Whelan, a US citizen held in a Russian penal colony since 2014, differently than Brittney Griner, who was released on Thursday. Biden added that Russia’s accusation that Whelan was a spy made him higher up than the other two men released in April. “Sadly, Russia…
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Is it true that elite woman athletes are not safe?
American basketball player Brittney Griner has been jailed in Russia for nine years over a drug conviction. According to Griner’s lawyer, the 23-year-old was found in possession of traces of hashish oil in her handbag. Griner, who is a part of the US women’s national team, is the first American female basketball player to be…