INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
basketball superstar Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in jail by a Moscow court earlier this month on a drug charge."I got permission
"I'm trying to go this week."No further details were provided by Rodman, who was speaking at a restaurant in Washington where he was
attending a sports apparel convention, according to NBC.A senior official for United States President Joe Biden's administration said in
a statement to AFP, "it is public information that the Administration has made a significant offer to the Russians and anything other than
negotiating further through the established channel is likely to complicate and hinder release efforts."Rodman, 61, a five-time former NBA
champion, has a record of unorthodox forays into geopolitics.He has formed a relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un over the past
decade, and has made several trips to the reclusive state
He traveled to Singapore in 2018 when Kim famously met former United States President Donald Trump.Rodman has also spoken approvingly of
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past
In 2014 he described Putin as "actually cool" after meeting the Russian leader in Moscow.Two-time Olympic basketball gold medalist and
Women's NBA champion Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February for possessing vape cartridges with a small amount of cannabis
charged with smuggling narcotics and was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony in early August.Griner pleaded guilty to the charges, but
