U.S. has made overtures to Moscow to free Brittney Griner.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said on Wednesday that the United States had “put a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago” in talks with Russia to gain the release of the detained basketball star Brittney Griner and the former Marine Paul Whelan.

The United States and Russia have “communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal,” Mr. Blinken said at a news conference in Washington, declining to discuss the details of the talks. He said he expected to speak soon with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, about the matter. Read more

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