U-Khimki waseRussia: Ngemuva kokutholwa enecala lokutholakala nezidakamizwa kanye nokushushumbisa ngokungenisa ama-vape cartridges afakwe insangu eRussia, inkantolo yaseRussia igwebe isihlabani se-basketball saseMelika u-Brittney Griner iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ejele lokujeziswa ngamacala ezidakamizwa.
Isigwebo sakhe singase sivule indlela yokushintshisana ngeziboshwa ezisezingeni eliphezulu phakathi kwalo msubathi oneminyaka engu-31 ubudala kanye nowaseRussia owayeboshiwe owake waba ngumhwebi wezikhali odumile phakathi kweRussia ne-United States.
UGriner unxuse inkantolo ukuthi "ingayiqedi impilo yakhe" ngokumthumela ejele ngokuletha ama-cartridges e-vape anamafutha ensangu.
UGriner, owahlabana kabili ngendondo yegolide kuma-Olympics kanye nogqame kwi-WNBA, ugwetshwe iminyaka engu-9.5 ebhadla ejele ngabashushisi.
UGriner waboshwa ngoFebhuwari 17 esikhumulweni sezindiza saseMoscow iSheremetyevo. Ulivumile icala kodwa wathi ubengazimisele ngokuletha isidakamizwa esingavunyelwe eRussia noma ukulimaza noma ngubani.
UGriner uncenge inkantolo enkulumeni ekhala izinyembezi ngaphambi kwesinqumo ukuthi ibone ukuthi upakishe amabhokisi ngephutha.
“Ngenze iphutha eliqotho, futhi ngithemba ukuthi isinqumo sakho asisho ukuphela kwempilo yami lapha,” kwengeza uGriner.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, wahlawuliswa ama-ruble ayizigidi ezingu-1 ($23,100).
I-vape cartridges yafaka umsubathi we-Texan obishini lwezwe olwaqubuka ngoFebhuwari 24 lapho uMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin ethula amasosha e-Ukraine.
U-Brittney Griner, isihlabani se-WNBA kanye nendondo yegolide yama-Olympic amahlandla amabili, uyiswa enkantolo lapho kuzoqulwa khona icala e-Khimki, eduze kwaseMoscow.
UMengameli waseMelika uJoe Biden ungaphansi kwengcindezi yokuthi athathele izinyathelo abantu baseMelika ababoshwe eRussia ebudlelwaneni obungebuhle kakhulu phakathi kwe-US neRussia kusukela ngenhlekelele yezikhali ezicitshwayo zaseCuba zango-1962.
I-United States yakhuthaza iMoscow ukuthi yamukele isivumelwano esasizoqinisekisa ukukhululwa kukaGriner nabanye abantu baseMelika.
"Lesi isiphakamiso esibucayi." Siyabanxusa ukuthi bakwamukele. Bekumele bayamukele ngesikhathi siphakamisa ukuthi kwenzeke emasontweni edlule,” kusho okhulumela ezokuphepha kuzwelonke eWhite House uJohn Kirby, ngaphandle kokunikeza imininingwane.
Ngokusho kwabantu abalaziyo leli cala, iWashington ihlongoze ukuhwebelana nomshushumbisi wezikhali waseRussia uViktor Bout, odonsa iminyaka engu-25 ejele e-US, kuGriner kanye nalowo owayenguMarine wase-US uPaul Whelan.
Ngokusho kweReuters, iRussia yazama ukufaka umbulali ogwetshiwe uVadim Krasikov, oseboshwe eJalimane, ekuhwebeni okwakuhleliwe.
U-Whelan, onamaphepha aseMelika, amaBrithani, aseCanada kanye nase-Ireland, ugwetshwe iminyaka engu-16 ejele laseRussia ngobunhloli ngo-2020.
Ngesikhathi sokuthula, abadlali be-WNBA, abaqeqeshi, nabalandeli bahlangane ngezandla ukuthumela isihlabani se-basketball.
Abadlali bawo womabili amaqembu bagobise amakhanda ngenhlonipho imizuzwana engu-42 ngaphambi kokuthi i-Connecticut Sun ihlule ikilabhu kaGriner, iPhoenix Mercury, 77-64.
"Akekho obefuna ukudlala namuhla," kusho unogada wasePhoenix uSkylar Diggins-Smith, ohole iMercury ngamaphuzu angu-16. "Uwubona kanjani umdlalo nenkantolo ngomqondo ophusile?" Ngaphambi komdlalo, iqembu lonke likhihla isililo. Uzama ukumhlonipha ube usadlalela yena kanzima. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukhona noma cha. Njengamanje, kufanele sizame ukugcina umoya wakhe uphila.”
UBiden uthe uhulumeni wakhe uzoqhubeka nokumela ukukhululwa kukaGriner.
"Namuhla, isakhamuzi saseMelika uBrittney Griner uthole isigwebo sasejele okuyisikhumbuzo salokho umhlaba owawusukwazi: iRussia ivalela uBrittney ngokungafanele," - UMongameli uJoe Biden
“Akwamukelekile, futhi ngicela iRussia ukuthi imkhulule ngokushesha ukuze abe nomkakhe, abathandekayo, abangani, kanye nabalingani beqembu.”
