It was offered weeks ago and he said he expects to speak with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about it. Griner is being held on drug-smuggling charges and testified at her own trial on July 27 in a courtroom outside Moscow. Griner, 31, said before she was arrested officers removed vape cartridges from her luggage, opened them, and sniffed their contents. Medical cannabis remains illegal in Russia, and Griner faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of transporting drugs. "I did not think of or plan to bring banned substances into Russia," Griner reiterated in her testimony on July 27.
