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US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns met with his Russian counterpart in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday to warn of the consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, which Moscow has threatened to deploy in Ukraine, and to raise the issue of US prisoners in Russian jails, according…

The greatest women’s basketball players aren’t playing year-round, taking as little as a week to two weeks off between the WNBA season and their season overseas, strictly for the love of the game. They’re playing to make up for lost revenue because of low salaries in the U.S.

US basketball star was moved to a Russian penal colony, which are infamous for harsh conditions and forced labour.

Maria Alyokhina was sent to a penal colony as a member of the feminist punk collective. Authorities "teach you how to forget your right to choose," she says. She urges Griner "to not forget yourself."

Brittney Griner was finally released on Thursday 8 December after 10 months in Russian detention

The WNBA star’s lawyers said their client will be transferred to a Russian penal colony in the next few months

The basketball star was finally released on 8 December after being detained in Moscow for 10 months

Now, after the U.S. midterm elections, the president hopes Putin will be ”willing to talk more seriously about a prisoner exchange.”

MAGA is wrong. Our country is great now and will be greater as diversity increases.

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