{"id":525429,"date":"2022-12-11T23:33:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T20:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/griner-opened-up-during-her-long-trip-home\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T23:33:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T20:33:34","slug":"griner-opened-up-during-her-long-trip-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/griner-opened-up-during-her-long-trip-home\/","title":{"rendered":"#Griner opened up during her long trip home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2b120f98ef1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2b120f98ef1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/griner-opened-up-during-her-long-trip-home\/#Griner_opened_up_during_her_long_trip_home\" >Griner opened up during her long trip home<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Griner_opened_up_during_her_long_trip_home\"><\/span>Griner opened up during her long trip home<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 WNBA star <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/brittney-griner\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brittney Griner\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Brittney Griner<\/a> didn\u2019t want any alone time as soon as she boarded a U.S. government plane that would <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brittney-griner-freed-viktor-bout-swap-us-russia-ee51f5c14f35dc4d4cf21224a8e44eaa\" data-ylk=\"slk:bring her home\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">bring her home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been in prison for 10 months now, listening to Russian. I want to talk,\u201d Griner said, according to Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, who helped secure the basketball star\u2019s release and bring her back to the U.S. last week.<\/p>\n<p>She then asked Carstens, referring to others on the plane: &#8220;But, first of all, who are these guys?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd she moved right past me and went to every member on that crew, looked them in the eyes, shook their hands and asked about them, got their names, making a personal connection with them.,\u201d Carstens recalled. \u201cIt was really amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Griner spent about 12 hours of an 18-hour flight talking with others on the plane, Carstens said. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brittney-griner-wnba-dunk-talent-good-c42a6465a3f3afcd2987ae0f12a6ad61\" data-ylk=\"slk:The two-time Olympic gold medalist\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">The two-time Olympic gold medalist<\/a> and Phoenix Mercury pro basketball star spoke about her time in the Russian penal colony and her months in captivity, Carstens recalled, although he declined to go into specific details.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was left with the impression this is an intelligent, passionate, compassionate, humble, interesting person, a patriotic person,\u201d Carstens said. \u201cBut above all, authentic. I hate the fact that I had to meet her in this manner, but I actually felt blessed having had a chance to get to know her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Griner is undergoing a full medical and mental evaluation, Carstens said she <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared \u201cfull of energy, looked fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griner, who also played pro basketball in Russia, was arrested at Moscow\u2019s Sheremetyevo Airport in February after Russian authorities said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil. The U.S. State Department declared Griner to be \u201cwrongfully detained\u201d \u2014 a charge that Russia has sharply rejected.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that the U.S. had secured Griner&#8217;s release. In exchange, the administration offered Russia the release of notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, who had been serving a 25-year sentence on charges that he conspired to sell tens of millions of dollars in weapons that U.S officials said were to be used against Americans.<\/p>\n<p>But the U.S. was unable to secure the freedom of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-sports-john-kirby-automated-insights-earnings-paul-whelan-a74999ffe7c4953706dad09931bbec05\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paul Whelan\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Paul Whelan<\/a>, who has been held in Russia for nearly four years. Administration officials have stressed repeatedly that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brittney-griner-prisons-antony-blinken-united-states-government-and-politics-975a9e0cccd5d6a8ee74925f9eb3f352\" data-ylk=\"slk:they are still working to release Whelan\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">they are still working to release Whelan<\/a>, whom Russian officials have jailed on espionage charges that both his family and the U.S. government say are baseless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey hold Mr. Whelan differently because of these espionage charges,\u201d John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said Sunday. \u201cSo we\u2019re working through that now. We are now more informed, clearly having gone through this process over the last few months. We\u2019re more informed. We have a better sense of the context here, where the Russia\u2019s expectations are and we\u2019re just going to keep working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carstens, the U.S. government\u2019s top hostage negotiator, said \u201cthere&#8217;s always cards\u201d to play in securing an offer for Whelan and said he spoke with the jailed American on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s what I told him. I said, \u2018Paul, you have the commitment of this president. The president\u2019s focused. The secretary of state\u2019s focused. I\u2019m certainly focused, and we\u2019re going to bring you home,\u2019\u201d Carstens said. \u201cAnd I reminded him, I said, \u2018Paul, when you were in the Marines, and I was in the Army, they always reminded you, keep the faith.\u2019 And I said, \u2018Keep the faith. We\u2019re coming to get you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carstens spoke on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union,&#8221; and Kirby appeared on ABC&#8217;s \u201cThis Week.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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