Lo que quiere saber sobre el caso de Brittney Griner y la legislación sobre drogas en Rusia

El atleta estadounidense es el más reciente blanco de la “guerra contra las drogas” en el país, la cual beneficia a la corrupción, el control social y político, y las maniobras geo-políticas del Kremlin. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

By Niko Vorobyov, Al Jazeera

A week before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, Brittney Griner was arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, where cannabis oil vape cartridges were found in her luggage.

Griner, an American basketball star and Olympic medallist who played part-time in a Russian team, admitted the cartridges were hers and that she had packed in a hurry, not intending to break Russian law.

She was charged with drug trafficking, an offence that could see her imprisoned for up to 10 years. She is attending a fifth hearing of her trial on Tuesday.