US basketball star appears in Moscow court for detention hearing

Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom after a hearing in Khimki, just outside Moscow, Russia (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

The lawyer for US basketball star Brittney Griner said her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by a month.

Griner’s lawyer Alexander Boikov told The Associated Press he believes the relatively short extension indicates the case will come to trial soon.