and in this video, she generally smiles at britney , they really wrote a lot, maria blagovolina tellsmber of people. my mailbox was full of things. uh, by letters again from america from russia, words of support wanted to help. this, of course, was incredibly important and pleasant for britney. we tried to convey it to her as much as possible. britney found out that she would be exchanged about a week before the lawyer says griner called maria from the colony and said there was good news. let's just say it came as a surprise that it really happened so quickly before the new year. but in general, we have been waiting for some time that the exchange could take place, there were some signals. that's why it seemed like it was going to happen. well, that's how griner left the colony with jokes. you come here, come, come, if you show up in russia again with illegal substances in your backpack, they say, lawyers drug smuggling. by the way, i'm serious. the mess, which in general, uh, ended up uh badly enough for her, of course. that's basically what she went through because of it. well, real

hell that prophesied to her, american and british propaganda fully interview with the lawyer maria blagovolinathe interests of the us basketball player britnik kraer, we will show today after noon i remind you that they were released in exchange for returning to russia victor now let's talk about sports alexander world cup finalists in kathar return home and tell the details tatyana good morning. the plane from the argentina national team is now descending, but the french in paris have already been greeted with a standing ovation today day in argentina declared a day off, such a decision on the eve of the return of the world champions home was taken by the government of the country the plane with the world champions. right now it is descending and arriving at the buenos airesan airport at noon local time. in moscow , the championship parade is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm, but the vice-world champions, the french team, have long been at home the night before, tens of thousands of fans gathered on the place de la concorde to meet their team , the french team players went to the balcony of one

in what conditions did she actually sit our channel today was told by her russian lawyer with maria blagovolinalked to anton podkolenko, right now we will find out from him all the details and an exclusive interview. i welcome anton, as far as i understand, there were no complaints from the defense lawyers, yes. greetings absolutely right. no, not a single complaint, really. and now, when the line is already in the states, she also does not complain about how they were with the russians. where is this prison hell, which vying to predict britney griner western media the british daily mail, for example, wrote that in the colony where the american basketball player was sent to prisoners and knocked down in rat-infested, slavery-like conditions, the los angeles times did without such details. i just wrote about the allegedly terrible. griner's life in prison. we met with a lawyer. uh, exchanged for victor but britney maria favored. she said that her now former client is now. so to speak, she digests everything that happened, but she has no claims to the russian prison. i can absolutely to say that

. >> reporter: russian lawyer maria blagovolina can hardly contain her smile. her client, brittney griner, is finally free. >> how she survived this because it was huge challenge for her. and i think that she really did great. >> reporter: our first glimpses of her new life show her smiling on the plane with some of the very same people who got her there. her wife cherelle waiting for her at the airport. griner's agent says this weekend her first move was a dunk, playing basketball for the first time in almost ten months. it's a dramatic turn from the last time the the russian lawyer saw her client, just three weeks ago. >> these are penal colonies, these are jails, and the conditions are harsh. >> reporter: soon after griner would cut off her signature locks out of survival in the russian winter. they kept freezing when she'd shower. >> because it's cold and you can't properly dry the hair. >> reporter: but as the basketball star prepared to be there for the long haul, blagovolina says her friendliness went a long way even at the penal colony. >> so a lot of p