Russian authorities extend Brittney Griner's detention another month after court hearing.

MOSCOW -- The lawyer for Brittney Griner said Friday that the WNBA star's pretrial detention in Russia has been extended by one month.

and Russia to exchange Griner for a Russian man being held in the United States for financing terrorism.

official told ESPN, on background, that the report is further validation of why Griner was recently reclassified as being wrongfully detained and evidence that Russia's judicial system is transactional.

The Biden administration says Griner, 31, is being wrongfully detained.

Despite the strain, Russia and the United States carried out an unexpected prisoner exchange last month -- trading former Marine Trevor Reed for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot serving a 20-year federal sentence for conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the U.S.

State Department said last week that it now regards Griner as wrongfully detained, a change in classification that suggests the U.S.

The status change places her case under the purview of the department's special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, who is responsible for negotiating for the release of hostages and Americans considered wrongfully detained.