The State Department said Tuesday that Russia has yet to give official notice on Brittney Griner's 'specific current location' days after she was transferred to a remote penal colony.
Nearly two weeks after
was transferred to a remote penal colony, the Russian government has yet to formally notify the White House of her exact location, the State Department said Tuesday. after her legal team confirmed that she had been moved out of a detention center just outside of Moscow on Nov. 4 to a remote penal colony to serve out her nine-year prison sentence on drug smuggling charges.
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner, stands listening to a verdict in a courtroom in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. "We are aware of the reports of her location and in frequent contact with Ms. Griner’s legal team, but the Russian Federation has still failed to provide any official notification for such a move of a U.S. citizen, which we strongly protest and disagree with," Patel said during a press briefing.
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