US leverage needed to free Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan 'is compromised by antagonistic relations between Moscow and Washington, leaving them essentially political pawns caught in a wider geopolitical trap,' writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis
Biden is facing rising pressure from relatives of WNBA star Brittney Griner and ex-US Marine Paul Whelan, who are frustrated at his failure to bring them home and have questioned whether their fates have his personal attention. But the White House's response is only deepening his political discomfort.
Brittney Griner's wife: Effort to free her doesn't match the rhetoric 01:32The President's political exposure grew significantly in recent days after Griner's camp upped the pressure, including with a letter to the President from the Phoenix Mercury star herself in which she wrote that she feared being in prison in Russia indefinitely. Her wife, Cherelle, questioned in an interview with CNN whether the effort to free her matched US rhetoric.
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