NgoLwesine, inkantolo yaseRussia ithole umpetha weWNBA wama-Olympic amahlandla amabili Brittney griner unecala lokuba nama-vape cartridges anensangu. Waboshwa ngoFebhuwari esikhumulweni sezindiza saseRussia ngesikhathi efika ezodlalela i-UMMC Ekaterinburg, iqembu lebhola lomnqakiswano laseRussia. U-Brittney Griner udlalela UMMC Ekaterinburg ngesikhathi se-WNBA off-season. Ukulahlwa kwakhe yicala kulandela uchungechunge lwezingxabano phakathi kwabaphathi bakaBiden nohulumeni waseRussia ukuze akhululwe.
Lokhu kugwetshwa kwecala sekuholele ekutheni kuthiwe iRussia iyamsebenzisa njengeqembu lezepolitiki, kulandela ukuma kwe-US ngempi eqhubekayo yaseRussia-Ukraine. Ngokusho kokuzivikela kukaBrittney, iziphathimandla zezindiza zaseRussia azizange ziwahlole kahle amabhokisi eziwatholile. Uphinde waziphindiselela ngokuthi uzithwale ngephutha futhi ziyimiyalelo yokulimala kwakhe, futhi akakaze ayisebenzise eRussia.
Izindaba zokulahlwa kwakhe yicala ziholele ekutheni osaziwayo baseHollywood bavuke umbhejazane, iningi labo lizwakalise ukuphatheka kabi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngohulumeni waseRussia. Ngalezi zinxushunxushu, uMongameli uBiden useveze ukuzibophezela kwakhe ekuqinisekiseni ukukhululwa kwakhe esitatimendeni sakhe. Uthembise abaphathi bakhe ukuthi bazoqhubeka nokusebenza ngokungakhathali futhi baphishekele zonke izindlela zokuletha uBrittney ekhaya ngokushesha okukhulu.
Ngaphambi kokugwetshwa kwakhe, wenza isicelo sokuba amxolele waze wacela inkantolo ukuthi icabange ngokuziphatha kwakhe okuhle ngaphambi kokuba ithathe isinqumo ngakho. Uze wancenga ukuthi angathathwa njengesidlali sepolitiki, futhi ukuphatha kwakhe insangu “kwakuyiphutha eliqotho.” Esitatimendeni sakhe, uthe iRussia isiyikhaya lakhe lesibili futhi ukhumbula kahle ukuthi amantombazane amancane ayengamlinda kanjani njengoba ephuma ejimini, yingakho elokhu ebuya.
UGriner uphinde wathi akakaze aqonde ukulimaza noma ubani, abeke engcupheni abantu baseRussia, noma aphule noma yimiphi imithetho. Esitatimendeni sakhe sokugcina, wancenga ijaji laseRussia ngezinyembezi ukuthi lingayiqedi impilo yakhe ngesigwebo seminyaka engu-92 esiphakanyiswe umshushisi. Uxolisile ku-UMMC nakubalandeli bayo ngehlazo abalethele lona, waze waxolisa nakubazali bakhe, izingane zakwabo, ithimba lakhe le-WNBA, uPhoenix Mercury, nowakwakhe.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ucela kuphi, ijaji laqhubeka nokumgweba futhi lamhlawulisa ama-ruble ayisigidi, alingana no-$1.
Abaphathi bakaBiden bacela ngokushesha iRussia ukuthi yamukele "isiphakamiso esibucayi" ababenzile sokuqinisekisa ukukhululwa kukaGriner ngoMkhulumeli Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke, uJohn Kirby. Lesi siphakamiso sethulwe nguNobhala Wezwe waseMelika u-Antony Blinken emuva kukaJulayi. Ngokwesicelo sakhe, isiphakamiso sasinamandla, futhi babelindele ukuthi iRussia isamukele.
Ngesikhathi ebuzwa ngalesi siphakamiso, wenqabile ukudalula imininingwane. Wakubekela eceleni ukuqina kwemibiko futhi wathi akakwazi noma ngeke athole imininingwane mayelana nesiphakamiso. Waze wenqaba nokuqinisekisa ukuthi bahlela ukushintshanisa ukukhululwa kukaBrittney noViktor Bout, umshushumbisi wezikhali waseRussia owalahlwa yicala elidonsa iminyaka engu-25. -unyaka ejele e-US.
Uhulumeni waseRussia usazophendula iziphakamiso ze-US. Nokho, wonke umuntu unethemba lokuthi izinto zizolunga futhi uBrittney abe sekhaya ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka.
