American women's basketball star Brittney Griner, detained in Russia since February, was sentenced on Thursday to 9 years in prison by a Russian court for drug trafficking, after her arrest with a vape containing cannabis liquid.
The court in Khimki, near Moscow, found the player guilty of drug possession and trafficking and sentenced her "
to nine years in a penal colony
", judge Anna Sotnikova said, according to a correspondent of the AFP.