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On December 8, 2022, Russia and the United States conducted a 1-for-1 prisoner exchange, trading Brittney Griner, an American basketball player, for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer. Griner, a WNBA champion star and Team USA Olympic athlete, had been convicted of smuggling and possession of cannabis in Russia in August 2022 and sentenced to ...
FKU [nb 1] Corrective Colony No. 2 of the FSIN of Russia for the Republic of Mordovia, [1] or simply IK-2 Yavas, is a women's corrective colony in Russia. [2] It is located near Yavas, Mordovia, about 300 mi (480 km) southeast of Moscow. [3] [4] It is known for the incarceration of WNBA player Brittney Griner.
Brittney Yvette Griner (/ ˈ ɡ r aɪ n ər /; born October 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). [1] She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. women's national basketball team [2] [3] and a six-time WNBA All-Star. [4]
Tedious manual work, poor hygiene and lack of access to medical care - such are the conditions awaiting U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian penal colony after she lost her appeal ...
A Russian judge found her guilty in August 2022 and sentenced the athlete to nine years in prison and a fine of 1 million rubles. Griner was ultimately released in December 2022 as part of a ...
U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner pleaded guilty in a Russian court on Thursday to drugs charges that could see her face 10 years in prison, a Reuters journalist reported from the courtroom.
The two-time Olympic gold-medalist spent nearly 300 days in Russian custody after being detained in February 2022 and sentenced to nine years in prison under drug-smuggling charges after ...
The 2024–25 Utah Utes women's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.The Utes, who were led by tenth year head coach Lynne Roberts through the first 4 games of the season before she left to take the Los Angeles Sparks head coaching job and associate head coach Gavin Petersen being named her replacement, play their ...