The all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and two-time Olympic gold was detained in February when customs agents said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggag…
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Griner was transferred to a penal colony in Mordovia, about 350 kilometers east of Moscow, after a Russian court last month rejected her appeal of her sentence.“Brittney is doing as well as could be expected and trying to stay strong as she adapts to a new environment,” her lawyers said in a statement.
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