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American basketball star Brittney Griner, who was imprisoned in Russia, was sent to a prison in the Mordovian region of the country. Griner’s lawyers shared this information in a written statement.

Griner was arrested in February after cannabis cartridges were found in his suitcase at a Moscow airport and was sentenced in August to nine years in prison for drugs. On November 4, Griner was transferred from a detention center near Moscow to an unnamed prison.

The Russian authorities did not provide any information about Griner’s whereabouts for two weeks. However, a source who spoke to Reuters and was aware of the case said that Griner was taken to a women’s prison in Yavas, 500 kilometers southeast of Moscow.

It is known that in Yavas there is a prison in which the American Paul Whelan, who was sentenced to 16 years in prison on charges of espionage, is being held.

A US State Department spokesman said of Griner’s situation: “We are aware of news of her whereabouts and are in contact with Ms. Griner’s legal team. However, the Russian Federation did not make an official announcement that the American citizen was “The Embassy insists on getting more information about Griner’s move and his current whereabouts.”
Prisoners sent to prisons in remote areas of Russia work long hours at pensioner jobs such as sewing for very little pay. Former prisoners and human rights organizations describe the conditions in these prisons as cruel and unsanitary, and say access to medical care is difficult.

Russia and America discussed the exchange of Griner and Whelan with a Russian arms dealer imprisoned in the United States. However, these talks, which took place in the midst of escalating tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, failed to reach an agreement.
Griner, who traveled to Russia to play for the Russian team after the U.S. basketball season, said he used cannabis to ease pain from injuries, that he had no intention of violating Russian laws, and that he accidentally had cannabis cartridges in his suitcase. .

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