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'Welcome to hell': WNBA star Brittney Griner is moved to a penal colony in central Russia, where prisoners at one notorious women's facility 'are beaten in rat-infested, slavery-like conditions'
daily mail ^ | 11/17/2022 | By ALEX RASKIN SPORTS NEWS EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: M Kehoe
A Turkish prison in Istanbul Sinope.

A prison anywhere in the country other than Sinope is a prison Hilton.
141 posted on 11/18/2022 3:51:12 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: faucetman

My goodness. How far this group has sunk.


142 posted on 11/18/2022 6:07:43 AM PST by Hildy
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To: Gaffer
If Daily Mail wants to investigate and highlight conditions that affect Americans it needs to start here in this country

That would be nice but the media in this country will not do it. That's why if you want the news you'll find it - and more - in the Daily Mail.

143 posted on 11/18/2022 6:15:03 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: RummyChick

because....it is a guy.


144 posted on 11/18/2022 6:34:42 AM PST by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Read the article, it CLEARLY states she was ENTERING, smh.


145 posted on 11/18/2022 8:49:14 AM PST by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP))
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To: BarbM

Russian prison guards will sort that out. Wonder if she knows what “pulling a train” means.


146 posted on 11/18/2022 10:09:57 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: C19fan

Brittany did not end up at some penal colony in Siberia. This Mordova is east of the Volga but west of the Urals.

Vorkuta and Kolyma are no longer available.


147 posted on 11/18/2022 9:38:50 PM PST by rxh4n1
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