 U.S. Embassy officials meet with Brittany Greener in Russia. Officials of the United States Embassy in Moscow visited and prisoned WNBA star Brittany Greener on Thursday. State Department spokesman Ned Price wrote on Twitter that the American representatives saw firsthand her tenacity and perseverance despite her present circumstances. Thursday's visit is the first United States consular access Greener has had since early August when she was convicted of drug charges for bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia and sentenced to nine years in prison. Greener, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, is one of the two U.S. citizens that Washington says are unjustifiably imprisoned in Russia. Paul Wheelan, a U.S. Marine veteran, was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2020 on espionage charges. Greener's arrest earlier this year came days before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and her case has moved through the Russian court system amid frayed relations between Moscow and Washington over the war.