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(Reuters) – American basketball participant Brittney Griner who has been detained in Russia faces felony prosecution, Russia’s state RIA information company cited the Kremlin’s spokesperson as saying on Monday.
“Why ought to we name her a hostage? She broke the Russian regulation, now she faces felony prosecution,” RIA cited Dmitry Peskov as saying in an interview with American MSNBC tv.
“It isn’t about being taken hostage.”
(Writing in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; enhancing by Philippa Fletcher)
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