American basketball player Brittney Griner was moved to a Russian penal colony, according to the legal team | Media Pyro

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Update: November 09, 2022 23:58 IST

Washington [US]November 9 (ANI): American basketball star Brittney Griner is being transferred to a Russian penal colony to serve the remainder of her sentence on drug charges that were upheld at the end of October.
“Griner is going to prison,” CNN quoted his lawyers as saying on Wednesday.
“There is no information about his current location or his last destination,” said lawyers Maria Blagovina and Alexander Boykov.
“According to Russian regulations, lawyers, including the US Embassy, ​​must be notified of his arrival on his trip. Notification will be sent by official mail and usually takes two weeks. come,” the lawyers added. .
In addition to being sentenced to nine years for transporting drug oil to Russia, she was found guilty of drug possession and possession, American basketball player Brittney Griner was fined 1 million rubles (USD 16,500 ).

Describing Griner’s transfer to a Russian Penal Colony as “another violation of his brutal and wrongful imprisonment,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, “I As we work to secure the release of Brittney Griner, we hope that the Russian authorities will release our Embassy officials and access all US citizens detained in Russia.”
Earlier in August, US President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that a Russian court had sentenced American women’s basketball player Brittney Griner to nine years in prison. for “unacceptable” drug charges and demanding the athlete’s immediate release.
“This is unacceptable, and I call on Russia to immediately release him and be with his wife, lover, friend, colleague,” Biden said in a statement.
In particular, Russian penal colonies are notorious for their lack of hygiene and access to medical care, with inmates forced to undergo manual labor, CNN reported.
In February, Russian authorities arrested Brittney Griner on drug charges after she found vaping cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage at a nearby airport. to Moscow.
Also, last month, Griner lost his appeal of his sentence.
In Russia, he was stopped at an airport near Moscow, and since then, he has been detained for a long time. Griner’s trial began on July 1, he pleaded guilty. His lawyers alleged that the star had a prescription for hashish oil and mistakenly transported the drug to Russia. (ANI)