Brittney Griner taken to penal colony in Russia's Mordovia region
The basketball player will be brought to the same penal colony region as another American prisoner.
US basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, stands inside a defendants' cage during the reading of the court's verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia August 4, 2022.(photo credit: REUTERS/EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA)ByREUTERSUpdated: