Do you have some reason to believe that she didn't do what they are accusing her of?
Oh... I dunno...
Maybe the entire history of Communist Russia is a good place to start
Do you believe them in the Whelan case?
Do you believe Russia in any other legal case? Ever?
They charged her with "trafficking" because Russian "law" has actually decriminalized possession of less than 6 grams.
Since the Russian authorities actually claim she had less than 1 gram thy couldn't arrest her on possession charges and had to upgrade the charge to trafficking
https://cannigma.com/regulation/marijuana-laws-russia/
While Russia’s criminal code has technically decriminalized the possession of up to 6 grams of cannabis, tourists would probably be ill-advised to put too much trust in the letter of the law. Anyone detained by police with cannabis – including less than 6 grams – could face abuse, a demand for a bribe, and all types of other legal hassles until they are released. There’s also no assurance that the police won’t say that the amount is more than 6 grams if they are so inclined.
Good to know the "law enforcement" officer chooses to support a war criminal's word
https://www.thedailybeast.com/exami...violated-russian-law-defense-expert-testifies
Griner’s Vape Cartridge Exam Violated Russian Law, Defense Expert Testifies
Published Aug. 02, 2022 10:24AM ET
The examination of the substance inside Brittney Griner’s vape cartridges seized at a Moscow airport in February was not compliant with Russian law, a defense expert testified Tuesday. Forensic chemist Dmitry Gladyshev said the examination, which was used to charge the WNBA star with drug smuggling, “
does not comply with the norms of the Code of Criminal Procedure.” Griner’s lawyer, Maria Blagovolina, added that the results of the analysis didn’t include the amount of THC in the substance inside the cartridges.
Blagovolina also told CNN that
experts had discovered “a few defects” in the machines used to analyze the substance. Griner has already pleaded guilty to drug charges and now faces up to 10 years imprisonment, though U.S. authorities maintain that the basketball player has been wrongfully detained. Rather than reporting on the testimony made at Tuesday’s hearing, several Russian media outlets bizarrely fixated on her apparently eating a sandwich in the courtroom. “American center Brittney Griner ate a sandwich while the defense was questioning a specialist who was examining hash oil cartridges,”
Sports.ru reported, calling it “rare for the accused to be caught eating during trial.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/europe/brittney-griner-trial-russia-tuesday/index.html
Examination of the substance in Brittney Griner's vape cartridges violated Russian law, defense expert says
By Anna Chernova and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN
Updated 10:59 AM ET, Tue August 2, 2022
The examination of the substance contained in vape cartridges that
WNBA star Brittney Griner's carried at a Moscow airport in February did not comply with Russian law, a defense expert testified Tuesday in her high-stakes drug-smuggling trial.
Among the violations is that results of the examination do not show the amount of THC in the substance, Griner's lawyer, Maria Blagovolina, said after the hearing.
"The examination does not comply with the law in terms of the completeness of the study and does not comply with the norms of the Code of Criminal Procedure," forensic chemist Dmitry Gladyshev testified for the defense during the roughly two-hour session.
The defense also interrogated prosecution expert Alexander Korablyov, who examined Griner's cartridges taken from her luggage.
Griner's appearance in the Khimki city courthouse marked her seventh hearing as
Russian prosecutors accuse her of trying to smuggle less than 1 gram of cannabis oil in her luggage. She
has pleaded guilty to drug charges -- a decision her lawyers hope will result in a less severe sentence -- and faces up to 10 years in prison.