According to her lawyers, Brittney Griner is “on her way to a penal colony” in Russia, but it is unclear where exactly she is now.
American basketball champion Brittney Griner was released from prison in Russia on November 4 and is “on the way to a penal colony“, according to a press release Wednesday from his lawyers who have “no information on where exactly she is“now neither on his”destination finale“. She was previously imprisoned near Moscow.
US President Joe Biden demands that Moscow “improves the treatment and conditions she may be forced to undergoin this colony, responded White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre.
Washington steps up
«Every minute Brittney Griner has to endure wrongful detention in Russia is a minute too long“, she added. She recalled that Washington had submitted to Russia a “significant offerfor the release of the athlete, and another American detainee, former soldier Paul Whelan.
Russian justice rejected on October 25 the appeal of the American basketball player, sentenced in Russia to nine years in prison for cannabis trafficking. According to Russian diplomatic sources, a possible exchange of prisoners could notably concern Brittney Griner and a Russian arms trafficker detained in the United States, Viktor Bout.
Mr. Bout was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States.