A year ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was a free man. Now, he’s spending Christmas Day languishing in a Moscow prison, away from but not forgotten by his family, friends and colleagues. Gershkovich has been considered wrongfully detained by the United States since late March, when he was …
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A court in Moscow on Wednesday rejected a class-action lawsuit against a Russian TV presenter that sought $11 million in moral damages after she hosted a party where guests were encouraged to show up wearing next to nothing. The suit against Anastasia Ivleeva was one element of a scandal that …
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A Russian software developer in Moscow on Tuesday was sentenced to 15 years hard prison time for donating roughly $500 to a Ukrainian defense fund, reporting by East2West confirmed. Sergei Irin, 45, who at one point worked for Russian tech giant Yandex, apparently refused to stand in court as he …
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U.S. military fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday to track a Russian spy plane detected flying near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said. It was the fourth time in less than a week that the military command has detected and tracked a Russian IL-20 COOT, a Cold …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday said he has spoken with President Donald Trump for the second time in two days, calling their conversations about the war with Russia, Ukraine’s military capabilities and energy sector “very productive.” Zelenskyy wrote in a post on X that his talks with Trump “covered …
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President Donald Trump said he may send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not settle the war, calling the weapon “incredible” and “very offensive.” Trump, while speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday night, was asked about his recent conversations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr …
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President Donald Trump kicked off the week meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and closed out the week jetsetting to Asia. And at home, the White House launched constructing its new ballroom — much to the ire of many Democrats. Trump said construction started Monday and that the project …
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A teenage street musician has been jailed and charged with leading a public gathering in which she led a crowd in singing an anti-Putin rock song in St. Petersburg, a rare act of defiance, according to local reports. Diana Loginova faces a single administrative charge for organizing an unauthorized public …
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President Donald Trump called off his meeting in Budapest, Hungary, with Russian President Vladimir Putin because he didn’t see enough progress toward peace — although a future summit hasn’t been ruled out, according to the White House. While Trump and Putin spoke over the phone Oct. 16, plans for the …
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President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary in the coming weeks after first, he meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in D.C. on Friday. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said that “a meeting of our …
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