2022 American basketball star Brittany Griner ordered to trial in Russia on Friday

MOSCOW — Shackled and looking wary, WNBA star Brittney Griner was ordered to stand trial Friday by a court near Moscow on cannabis possession

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charges, about 4 1/2 months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team.

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The Phoenix Mercury center and two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist also was ordered to remain in custody for the duration of her criminal trial

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Griner could face 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of large-scale transportation of drugs.

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Fewer than 1 percent of defendants in Russian criminal cases are acquitted, and unlike in the U.S., acquittals can be overturned.

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At Monday’s closed-door preliminary hearing at the court in the Moscow suburb of Khimki, Griner’s detention was extended for another six months.

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Photos obtained by The Associated Press showed the 31-year-old in handcuffs and looking straight ahead, unlike a previous court appearance where she kept

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her head down and covered with a hood. Her detention and trial come at an extraordinarily low point in Moscow-Washington relation

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