American basketball player Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony in Russia in the case of vaping with hash oil, was transferred to the Mordovian IK-2. This was reported by Interfax with reference to lawyers Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov. » alt=»1″ />Colony Face
“Brittney began serving her sentence in IK-2 in Mordovia. We visited her earlier this week. Brittney is coping with the situation as much as possible, and is trying to hold on and adapt to the new conditions, ”the defenders said.
Earlier, Mediazona became aware of the violence in this penal colony. Former prisoner Sylvia Pulbere said that convicts in the colony are beaten for “looking wrong, saying wrong, some employees are simply not in the mood.”
Brittney Greiner was detained on February 17 at Sheremetyevo. She planned to continue playing the season for the Ural basketball club UMMC. Then the athletes found vape cartridges with hash oil in their hand luggage. She was accused of possession and smuggling of drugs (part 1 of article 228, paragraph «c» of part 2 of article 229.1 of the Criminal Code).
In August, Greiner was sentenced to nine years in prison. On November 9, lawyers for the two-time Olympic champion said that she had been taken out of the pre-trial detention center.