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US demands Russia allow access to detained Brittney Griner

FILE - United States' Brittney Griner (15) celebrates during the women's basketball gold medal game against Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. The United States stepped up its push Friday, March 18, 2022, for consular access to Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who is detained in Russia on allegations of drug smuggling, as a member of a Russian state-backed prison monitoring group said Griner was faring well behind bars. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
US demands Russia allow access to detained Brittney Griner