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It's 166 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine.

And one story that's been developing

while I've been on leave is that of the American basketball

player, Brittany Griner.

Now, she is one of the best basketball players in the world.

She's a double Olympic champion.

And before the war started, so back in February,

before February the 24th, she traveled to Russia

where she was meant to be playing club basketball

during the U.S. off-season.

But she was arrested at Moscow Airport

after vape cartridges, apparently containing cannabis oil,

were found in her luggage.

And in the last few days, Brittany Griner was in court.

She was sentenced to nine years in a Russian jail, convicted

of smuggling and possessing narcotics.

She did acknowledge she had cannabis oil,

but she says she made an honest mistake

and didn't deliberately break the law.

Now, this is a crime in Russia,

but Griner's legal team and officials in Washington say

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