Every citizen of a democratic country, who is still inside Russia at this point, is a potential hostage and bargaining chip for the Russian government. There’s no independent press or judiciary in Russia and the Russian government has no morals and few scruples. If they need a hostage, they’ll take one.
Griner (a basket ball player convicted to 25y in prison for petty charges) was exchanged for Viktor Bout (the person on whom the movie Lord of War was based).
The Russian laws are also a minefield of post truths and petty rules, so it’s not hard to find some kind of charge against any individual. Basically everyone will be breaking the law in some way in Russia and the crooks in the Russian government can decide when and where to go after someone.
Yeah at this point if you’re still there, there should be no bargaining for you if/when this happens. So fucking stupid to give that country any benefit of the doubt.
So much freedom
But have you seen the grocery store carts?
Just to clarify… does America not have shopping carts you unlock with coins?
We do at aldi, and have indoor cart escalators too. Not everywhere, mind you.
And IMHO, that Russian one is the lame kind. The better ones have a separate track for carts. Target use those a lot, and they allow the people side to flow with less obstruction.
What would the US have done if an Iranian immigrant had donated money to the war effort of the insurgency during the Iraq and Afghan wars? Serious question. Would they get arrested? Is that some sort of crime? hmm…
I don’t think bothsiding or cultural relativism applies here. Funding terrorism is illegal and unethical. This woman was funding the opposite.
Ahh yes, the insurgency, those horrible terrorists fighting against a military that fabricated evidence to invade their countries. Just like how Ukraine is controlled by Nazis.
This is a valid question since the US government, congress and other US entities have done terrible things to its citizens: Witch hunts against left leaning people, muslims, ecologists, and many more.
Too bad she’s not a black, lesbian basketball player! She’s be home by now!
