Russia
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Former Russia detainee Paul Whelan speaks out ahead of Trump-Putin Alaska meeting
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was freed last year after spending more than five years wrongfully detained in Russia, weighs in on whether he…
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Russia files new assault charges against US citizen jailed for attacking law enforcement officers
Russian prosecutors have filed fresh charges against Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen and ex-Marine serving an eight-year sentence for assaulting law enforcement officers and a…
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Paul Whelan wants to help improve care given to returning wrongfully detained Americans
Paul Whelan returned to the United States in 2024 after being wrongfully detained in a Russian prison for more than five years.
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“Any journalist detained in any country is a wrongfully detained person”: Alsu Kurmasheva speaks out one year after her release
Aug. 1, 2025, marks one year since Alsu Kurmasheva was released from a Russian prison, and she granted a video interview about life after her…
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Russian American ballerina Ksenia Karelina has message for Trump after release from Russia
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Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina released in prisoner swap with Moscow
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American David Barnes enters 4th year of detention in Russia
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American teacher jailed in Russia is wrongfully detained, State Department formally says
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At least 68 journalist killings in 2024, UNESCO reports
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Inside an American reporter’s Russian prison ordeal
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‘I have good news and bad news’ Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva speaks to Meduza about life as a political prisoner in Russia and why she’ll never be a cynic
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Whelan says he fed information to Western officials that he received from fellow prisoners fighting in Ukraine