The United States will “pursue” Russia’s latest offer to discuss at the presidential level a prisoner swap involving imprisoned basketball star Brittney Griner, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.A day after a Russian court sentenced Griner to nine years in prison for a drugs offence, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday Moscow was ready to discuss prisoner swaps with the US through an existing diplomatic channel.“They are prepared to engage” on a swap for Griner, Blinken said at a foreign ministers’ meeting in Cambodia on Friday.
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