The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence  for drug possession last month.

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Moscow has been accused of using the WNBA star Brittney Griner "as a political pawn".

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A Russian court rejected an appeal of Brittney Griner’s nine-year sentence last month

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WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury centre and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, Griner, was convicted on Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. She admitted that she had the canisters in her luggage, but testified that she had inadvertently packed them in haste and that she had no criminal intent

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American basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession, her legal team said Wednesday.

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American basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected an appeal of her nine-year sentence last month.

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U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he expected Russian President Vladimir Putin will be willing to talk more seriously with Washington about a potential prisoner swap to secure the release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner.

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MOSCOW (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner  has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession, her legal team said Wednesday. 

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"We do not have any information on her exact current location or her final destination," Brittney Griner's legal team said in a statement Wednesday.

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Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner's legal team says she has been moved to a penal colony in Russia

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