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US basketballer Brittney Griner begins nine-year sentence in Russian penal colony | NBA News

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US basketball player Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony, her lawyers and agent have said. Griner was transferred to a penal colony in Mordovia, about 210 miles east of Moscow, after a Russian court last month rejected her appeal of her sentence. Her lawyers said … Read more

Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence rejected by Russian court | NBA News

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A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by US basketball star Brittney Griner against her nine-year prison sentence for possession and smuggling of drugs. The two-time Olympic gold medallist was arrested on February 17 at a Moscow airport with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil, which is banned in Russia. She was sentenced on August … Read more