Brittney Griner stands inside a defendants' cage before the verdict in a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow on August 4. Griner has been transferred to a penal colony in Yavas, in the western Russian region of Mordovia.
Mandatory Credit:	Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/Reuters

Brittney Griner stands inside a defendants' cage before the verdict in a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow on August 4. Griner has been transferred to a penal colony in Yavas, in the western Russian region of Mordovia.
Mandatory Credit: Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/Reuters

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Brittney Griner has been transferred to a penal colony in western Russia, her lawyers say

American basketball star Brittney Griner has been transferred to a penal colony in Yavas, in the western Russian region of Mordovia, her lawyers said Thursday, ending days of speculation over her whereabouts.