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Russia-US Prisoner Swap: Ballet Dancer Ksenia Karelina Freed

Russia and the USA have exchanged prisoners in the United Arab Emirates, reports The Wall Street Journal. Ksenia Karelina and Arthur Petrov can now come home.

Putin postpones planned major competition – again

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has laid out Russia's answer to the Olympic Games on ice.

Russian woman sentenced for donating to Ukraine

American reporter sentenced to 16 years in prison

The American journalist Evan Gershkovich is sentenced to 16 years in prison in Russia. "Journalism is not a crime and we will not let this go until he is free", his bosses write in a statement.

Putin forces deserters back to the battlefield

Bound and mistreated, traumatised soldiers are being flown back to the front. Hundreds of Russians who refused to return to the war in Ukraine have been sent back under duress and at gunpoint, an investigation reveals.

Russian trial of American reporter imminent

American journalist faces trial in Russia