Former NBA star Dennis Rodman claims he is heading to Russia to attempt to free jailed WNBA player Brittney Griner.
Rodman says he has clearance to travel to Russia and is planning to go there this week.
Here are Rodman’s comments on the situation via MSN:
“I got permission to go to Russia to help that girl,” Rodman told NBC News. “I’m trying to go this week.”
Rodman did not say whether the White House has cleared the visit, nor did he say whether it was an official diplomatic mission. There are currently no restrictions on U.S. citizens visiting the country, though the State Department has strongly advised people to avoid traveling to the country after it launched its war against Ukraine.
Rodman has not been shy about his taste for dictators. The NBA star has made multiple trips to North Korea to hang out with its leader Kim Jong Un, infamously weeping on CNN in 2018 while discussing the meeting between Kim and former President Donald Trump. He told NBC News the same extended to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, whom he once called cool in 2014.
“I know Putin too well,” he said.
