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Russian Authorities Transfer Brittney Griner to Penal Colony

HeadlineNov 09, 2022

In Russia, the American WNBA star Brittney Griner is being transferred to a penal colony. The process could take up to two weeks, and her lawyers say they don’t know where she will end up. Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison for bringing a small amount of cannabis oil into Russia.

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