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Congress Members To Biden Administration: Do More To Free Americans In Russian Prisons, Start With Marc Fogel
Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 2:41pm | 600Marc Fogel, now in his 60s, was sentenced by a Russian court to 14 years in prison in June 2022 for allegedly “large-scale” cannabis smuggling. Fogel was, in fact, a legal medical marijuana patient in Pennsylvania where he used cannabis as an alternative to opioids for...
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Sen. Daines And Former Russia Diplomat Urge Blinken To Designate Marc Fogel as 'Wrongfully Detained' In Russia
Friday, June 9, 2023 - 1:48pm | 455U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul published an open letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Biden Administration to “immediately designate Mr. Marc Fogel as wrongfully detained and prioritize securing his release.” Fogel, who...
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Brittney Griner Is Done Playing Overseas, Vows To Help Americans Detained Abroad & Is Ready To Get Back On The Court
Friday, April 28, 2023 - 9:53am | 573Between smiles, laughter and tearful pauses, the WNBA All-Star talked about her recovery from 10 months in a Russian prison. Brittney Griner also officially declared that she is ready to get back onto the basketball court. Oh, yeah, and she's done playing abroad. ...