The lawyer of the American basketball player Britney Grainer reported on Thursday that the Russian authorities transferred the Olympic star convicted of a drug case to a remote detainee to spend her sentence there.
Lawyers, Maria Blaghovolina and Alexander Boikov, said in a statement: “Britney began to spend her punishment at (IC2) in Mordovia,” Lawyers Maria Blaghovolina and Alexander Boikov said in a statement.
The letter “iKi” is symbolized to a “punitive settlement”, and this type of prison is the most common in Russia.
The two lawyers added: “We visited it early this week. Britney Grainer is in good condition, and she is trying to stay strong because it adapts to a new environment. ”
The American player was sentenced to 9 years in prison in August for possession of electronic cigarette packages with a small amount of cannabis oil at Moscow airport in February.
The case of the 32 -year -old came amid severe tension between Moscow and Washington over the Russian attack on Ukraine.
The “IC2” punitive settlement is located in the town of Yafas in the Central Mordovia region known as its cruel climate.
According to the Russian Federal Prison Department, the settlement includes more than 800 prisoners living in barracks.
Mordovia also includes the “ICK 17” settlement in which Paul Willian, a retired USA, follows his sentence after being convicted of spying and sentenced him to 16 years in prison in 2020.
His family says he was subjected to ill -treatment and sleep deprivation there.
Russian punitive settlements are famous for the harsh treatment of prisoners, unhealthy conditions and the lack of appropriate care.
Activists say that violations and torture are spread in the widespread prison network in Russia, which replaced the Golag regime during the era of Stalin.
Gorner acknowledged guilt on the charges against her, but she said that she was not intending to violate the law or use the banned material in Russia.
Grayner saw that she had obtained permission from an American doctor to use medical cannabis oil to relieve pain due to her many injuries, and none of the drug tests conducted positively came.
Medical marijuana is not allowed in Russia..
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