US basketball player Brittney Griner, who has been jailed in Russia, has been transferred to a prison camp. The lawyers for the 32-year-old announced on Wednesday (November 9th, 2022). The two-time Olympic champion was sentenced to nine years in prison for drug smuggling in early August.
“We have no information on their exact whereabouts or final destination“, shared griners lawyers with. The basketball player had already been transferred from a detention center on November 4th, now she is “on the way to a prison camp“, it said further.
Detained since February 2022
The case grinner has long since become a political issue. US Secretary of State Antony Blink had approached Russia for an agreement on the release griners to negotiate. White House press secretary Karin Jean Pierrereiterated that Russia is a “substantial offer” have received.
grinner has been detained since February. She was arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport because she vape-Carried cannabis oil cartridges in her luggage. Her appeal against the verdict was rejected at the end of October.