Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Brittney Griner’s detention was not about "being a hostage," a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday.
Dmitry Peskov told NBC News in an interview that Griner’s arrest was no different from anyone carrying oils derived from cannabis on them.
The WNBA star has been detained in Russia since February after being accused of carrying vape cartridges containing the oils through a Moscow airport. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a news conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Dec.
23, 2021. (Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina) The U.S. State Department would later reclassify Griner as being "wrongfully detained." "She violated Russian law, and now she’s being prosecuted.