Basketball star Brittney Griner begins serving sentence in Russian penal colony

Thu, 17 Nov, 2022 - 20:25

Eric Tucker, Associated Press

US basketball player Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony, her lawyers and agent said.

WNBA star Griner has been relocated to a penal colony in Mordovia, about 350 kilometres (210 miles) east of Moscow.

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