Posted on 11/17/2022 4:11:40 PM PST by RummyChick
Imprisoned American basketball star Brittney Griner has reportedly been taken to a penal colony in Mordovia, a Russian region roughly 300 miles southeast of Moscow, to serve her nine-year sentence on drug charges.
Griner has been moved to IK-2 in Yavas, one of several penal colonies in the region, according to Reuters.
The WNBA All-Star's legal team confirmed the report on Thursday afternoon.
'We can confirm that Brittney began serving her sentence at IK-2 in Mordovia,' read her attorneys' statement. 'We visited her early this week. Brittney is doing as well as could be expected and trying to stay strong as she adapts to a new environment. Considering that this is a very challenging period for her, there will be no further comments from us.'
A State Department Spokesperson declined to confirm the Reuters report earlier, telling DailyMail.com that Russia has refused to share any details with the US Embassy.
'We are aware of reports of her location, and in frequent contact with Ms. Griner's legal team,' a State Department spokesperson wrote in an email to DailyMail.com. 'However, the Russian Federation has still failed to provide any official notification for such a move of a US citizen, which we strongly protest. The Embassy has continued to press for more information about her transfer and current location.'
Griner was sentenced in August following her February arrest at an airport in Moscow, when Russian authorities say she was caught entering the country with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. She had been at a detention center near Moscow until November 4, when she was moved to an undisclosed prison.
It has been two weeks since any information about her whereabouts have surfaced.
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I have not been successful. All I can think about is how she dragged the United States.
I saw one comment that she would be sewing military uniforms 16 hours a day in the Gulag.
Griner’s probably wondering....hey the midterms are almost over what about me? This ain’t Club Med here!
Somebody ought to send her/him a giant star spangled banner.. miss US yet?
Well that’s a shame.
On the one hand, I feel sorry for her.
On the other hand, she is a loudmouth female America-hating Colin Kaepernick.
But why isn’t Obama and his putz Biden doing anything about her? Wait, Obama cares not about other people, only his bloated reputation.
Speaking of Obama, notice we haven’t heard anything more about the noose at the Obama Temple in Chicago.
Who had “Wannabe Tsar uses WNBA player as pawn in high-stakes global conflict” on their 2022 bingo card?
Living in her socialist paradise; don’t have to deal with that nasty America anymore. She should he very happy there.
She is a human being and I would not wish what she is going through on anyone. She will appreciate the US when she gets home. We should get her out of there. She is a pawn in this war.
Good. The affirmative action leftist can reap the whirlwind.
Excellent! Nine whole years! She hates America so what’s the problem?
When you are in a foreign country like Russia or those in Saudi Arabia you have to be mindful of what you are doing.
This camera crew was harassed. They did get an apology. However, had it not been such a public world wide event the results might have been different.
Why is it in a women’s prison?
Didn’t anybody look?
Karma’s a b!tch.
It is just as reasonable to believe that she will hate the US when she gets out claiming they should have done more to save her.
It is interesting to me that they didnt exchange her for that Arms Dealer. Biden seemed willing to do it.
Bet she wishes she were subjected to our Prison Industrial Complex rather than Russias.
Oh well.
I agree with you. She is being used by Putin because of our politician’s stupid obsession with Ukraine, which is just a money laundering operation for many of them. No matter what she said about the US, there is no justification for a 9 year prison sentence for possession of THG vapes. Especially not in a gulag. I don’t even know if she really had them or if they were planted. Everyone talks tough on here about this, but the situation is an absolute travesty on many levels and a microcosm or how screwed up our country is right now.
How many years have the January 6 political prisoners been held under disgustingly similar circumstances by the government she voted for? She is the Communist Domestic Enemy.
She’ll probably be the only black person there, which means this will be an excellent opportunity for her to learn that being white doesn’t mean you have it easy.
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