Putin’s War of Vengence. Nine years for a Joint seems to mirror America’s determination to make Julian Assange suffer.

A Russian court has sentenced US basketball player Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for illegal drug possession, the TASS news agency reports from the court in Khimki near Moscow.She was also fined one million roubles ($23,395), according to media reports.

Joe Biden demands release as Brittney Griner gets nine years