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MOSCOW (Reuters) – US basketball star Brittney Griner “does not expect miracles” at her appeal hearing on Tuesday against a nine-year Russian jail term for having cannabis oil in her luggage, her lawyers said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The two-time Olympic gold medalist was arrested on Feb. 17 at a Moscow airport with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil, which is banned in Russia. She was sentenced on Aug. 4 to nine years in a penal colony on charges of possessing and smuggling drugs.<\/p>\n

Griner’s lawyers, Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, said she would take part in Tuesday’s hearing by video link from the detention center where she has been held, and that they expected a verdict the same day.<\/p>\n

“She is very nervous waiting for the appeal hearing. Brittney does not expect any miracles to happen but hopes that the appeal court will hear the arguments of the defense and reduce the term,” they said.<\/p>\n

Griner pleaded guilty at her trial but said she had made an “honest mistake” and not meant to break the law.<\/p>\n

Washington says Griner was wrongfully detained and has offered to exchange her for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States.<\/p>\n

Moscow has also suggested it is open to a prisoner swap.<\/p>\n

Bill Richardson, a former US ambassador to the United Nations who traveled to Moscow in September, has said he believes Griner and former US Marine Paul Whelan could both be released by the end of the year. A US consular officer spoke briefly on the phone with both detainees last Tuesday.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Filipp Lebedev; Editing by Kevin Liffey and Angus MacSwan)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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