An adviser to Vladimir Putin has insisted Brittney Griner's release is not a priority for Russia. The 31-year-old basketball star - who normally lives in Houston, Texas with wife Cherelle Griner - was arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling in Russia just days before the country launched the ongoing invasion on Ukraine in February and in August, she was sentenced to nine years behind bars. Although US President Joe Biden has vowed to ensure the sportswoman's freedom, Yury Ushakov - one of the Russian leader's top advisors and the country's ambassador to America from 1998 to 2008 - suggested this was nothing more than a bid to bolster support ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
Vladimir Putin accused of 'terror' after gas pipe explosions rattle Baltic Sea
27.09.2022 - 22:53 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Vladimir Putin has been accused of sabotage after explosions rattled the Baltic Sea this week.
Leaks were discovered on two major gas pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm after a number of subsea blasts. The undersea Nord Stream pipes - which until recently supplied natural Russian resources across Europe - were both found ruptured in three places on Monday.
The Russian leader has been cited for the breakages, with the largest leak reportedly causing a surface disturbance of well over one kilometre (0.6 miles) in diameter. Ukrainian presidential adviser Myhailo Podolyak dubbed the explosions as a 'terrorist act' planned by Russia in order for Putin to 'cause pre-winter panic'.
He said: "Gas leak from NS-1 is nothing more that a terrorist attack planned by Russia and an act of aggression towards EU. Russia wants to destabilise economic situation in Europe and cause pre-winter panic."
Although the pipelines were not found to be supplying to Europe amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, the incidents will sever any hopes that countries could receive gas amid the ongoing fuel crisis before winter.
The first explosion was recorded early on Monday. The second, believed to be a stronger blast northeast of the island that night, was the equivalent to a magnitude-2.3 earthquake.
Dramatic gas bubbles oozing to the sea's surface measure 100m in diameter and are thought to continue for several days. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said sabotage could not be ruled out.
She said: "We are talking about three leaks with some distance between them, and that's why it is hard to imagine that it is a coincidence.
And Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki claims the leaks were prompted by sabotage linked to the ongoing invasion of
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