American basketball champion Brittney Griner was transferred to a central Russian colony for a hard prison termdrug traffickingHis lawyers announced on Thursday. “Britney began serving her sentence at IK-2 (penal colony) in Mordovia.The central Russian region, known for its prisons and its harsh climate, lawyers Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov announced in a press release, adding that they were able to visit their client earlier this week.
The 32-year-old athletedoing the best he can and trying to stay strong and adapt to his new surroundings“Added the lawyers, pointing out that their client is passing “a very difficult time“. His transfer came after his appeal was rejected in August after he was sentenced to nine years in prison.drug traffickingafter his arrest at Moscow airport in February in possession of a vaporizer containing a cannabis oil-based liquid.
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His supporters denounce the excessive and politically motivated sentencing for a possible prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington, whose relations have been greatly strained by the Ukraine conflict.
The White House estimated last week that “Every minute Brittney Griner has to endure in illegal detention in Russia is a minute too long“. IK-2 penal colony, Russian abbreviation “correctional colony number 2is located in the city of Iavas, Mordovia and has more than 800 prisoners.
Source: Le Figaro
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