WNBA player Brittney Griner’s release ‘is not the main issue’ for Russia, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday.

“In this tense situation, I think that he (Biden) is thinking first and foremost about the upcoming midterm elections,” Yury Ushakov said on the state-run TV program Moscow.Kremlin.Putin. “He keeps emphasizing the need to bring (Griner) back home… However, it’s not the main issue that we are concerned about.”