Russian oligarchs

Brittney Griner’s recently upheld nine-year sentence to be served in a Russian penal colony, let’s admit, evokes some horrifying images and brings to mind Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.” Set in a Soviet...

At least 32 Americans have signed up to play in Russia’s top basketball league this coming season despite Brittney Griner’s harrowing experience, according to USA TODAY.  Griner had been playing for Russia’s UMMC Ekaterinburg for seven years during the WNBA off-season...