Vladimir Putin is more of an ice hockey and judo kind of guy.
, he was mostly focused on pushing PotCoin, a marijuana-backed cryptocurrency that had sponsored his trip that year to North Korea. Rodman had taken credit for
, who was evacuated that June just as Rodman was beginning his trip. A State Department spokesperson told BuzzFeed News at the time that"Dennis Rodman had nothing to do with the release."It would deeply surprise me to learn that this trip would be the exception. I reached out to Prince Marketing, a public relations firm that has worked with Rodman in the past andon their website, to ask about who would be sponsoring his trip to Russia.
Even if Rodman does touch down in Moscow this week, it’s unclear who his point of contact would be for any back-channel talks. As it stands, Griner already has the full support of the State Department, which in May declared that she had been “wrongfully detained.” Among the options currently being discussed as Griner appeals her case in the Russian courts is a
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