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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Abe Asher

Brittney Griner ‘trying to stay strong’ as she starts sentence in Russian penal colony

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Brittney Griner, the American WNBA star incarcerated in Russia since February, has been moved to a penal colony in the Mordovia region to begin serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession.

“Brittney is doing as well as could be expected and trying to stay strong as she adapts to a new environment,” Griner’s lawyers said in a statement.

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