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CIA chief meets Russian counterpart to discuss nuclear weapons in Ukraine, prisoners

US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns met with his Russian counterpart in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday to warn of the consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, which Moscow has threatened to deploy in Ukraine, and to raise the issue of US prisoners in Russian jails, according…

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Commentary: Brittney Griner never should have been in Russia

The greatest women’s basketball players aren’t playing year-round, taking as little as a week to two weeks off between the WNBA season and their season overseas, strictly for the love of the game. They’re playing to make up for lost revenue because of low salaries in the U.S.

Chicago Sun-Times

What is the Russian penal colony where Brittney Griner was sent?

US basketball star was moved to a Russian penal colony, which are infamous for harsh conditions and forced labour.

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A Pussy Riot member describes what Brittney Griner can expect in Russian penal colony

Maria Alyokhina was sent to a penal colony as a member of the feminist punk collective. Authorities "teach you how to forget your right to choose," she says. She urges Griner "to not forget yourself."

WEKU

What is hashish oil and how did it land Brittney Griner in a Russian jail?

Brittney Griner was finally released on Thursday 8 December after 10 months in Russian detention

The Independent UK

What is a penal colony? Brittney Griner follows Navalny and Pussy Riot to notorious ‘concentration camp’ prison

The WNBA star’s lawyers said their client will be transferred to a Russian penal colony in the next few months

The Independent UK

What happened to WNBA star Brittney Griner and why was she detained in Russia?

The basketball star was finally released on 8 December after being detained in Moscow for 10 months

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Biden ‘Determined’ to Bring Brittney Griner Home From Russia

Now, after the U.S. midterm elections, the president hopes Putin will be ”willing to talk more seriously about a prisoner exchange.”

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My hospital visit showed the value of our country’s diversity

MAGA is wrong. Our country is great now and will be greater as diversity increases.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Loop: Hackers release more Medibank data, Elon Musk 'kills' new Twitter label, and octopuses 'throwing' things at each other — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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Brittney Griner faces 'slave-like' Russian prison amid reports of torture and sleep deprivation

WNBA superstar Brittney Griner is being moved to a penal colony after unsuccessfully appealing her nine-year prison sentence, and the sporting world is calling on Joe Biden to secure a prisoner swap

Daily Mirror

Brittney Griner Moved To Russian Penal Colony, Her Lawyers Don't Yet Know Exact Location

Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, has been moved from a detention center outside of Moscow to a Russian penal colony to begin serving her nine-year sentence for having inadvertently carried

Benzinga

Brittney Griner’s already fraught wrongful imprisonment in Russia just got even worse in a horrifying way

Here's everything you need to know about Brittney Griner's horrifying situation

USA Today Sports Media Group

Russia sends Brittney Griner to penal colony to serve sentence

Her lawyers said Wednesday that they did not know exactly where she was or where she would end up — but that they expected to be notified when she reached her final destination.

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U.S. Sec. of State Issues Statement After Griner’s Transfer

Antony Blinken released a statement following news of her transfer to a penal colony.

Tribune News Service

Russia is moving American basketball star Griner to a penal colony, lawyers say

WNBA star Brittney Griner, whose appeal against a nine-year sentence was rejected by a Moscow court last month, is being moved to a penal colony, her lawyers said Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner ‘being transferred to Russian penal camp’, say lawyers

She is serving a nine-year prison sentence after vape canisters containing hash oil were found in her luggage at a Moscow airport

France 24

US basketball star Brittney Griner transferred to Russian penal colony

The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence for drug possession last month.

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U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a Russian penal colony

Griner has been moved from a detention center outside of Moscow and is being sent to a Russian penal colony to begin serving out her nine-year sentence on drug smuggling charges, her lawyers said.

The Independent UK

American Brittney Griner moved to a penal colony in Russia

The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia

The Independent UK

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Russia orders pullout from strategic Ukrainian city Kherson in major retreat

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered his troops to withdraw from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson and take up defensive lines on the opposite bank of the River Dnipro – marking one of Russia's most significant retreats and a potential turning point in the war. Read our…

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Brittney Griner: US basketballer ‘being moved to Russian penal colony’, say lawyers

Lawyers and family say they do not know where exactly Griner is being taken

Reuters

Biden expects Russia to get more serious about prisoner swap for Griner

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he expected Russian President Vladimir Putin will be willing to talk more seriously with Washington about a potential prisoner swap to secure the release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner.

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