US: Biden meets relatives of Americans jailed in Russia
By DW
17 September 2022 |
9:03 am
Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan were sentenced to jail time by Russian courts on charges that the US deems "unacceptable". President Joe Biden reassured their families that he was working on bringing them home.
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