American ballet dancer freed from Russian prison in overnight prisoner swap Former ballerina Ksenia Karelina, a dual U.S.-Russian citizen who faced 12 years in a Russian prison for donating $52 to a Ukraine charity, is returning to America after being wrongfully detained...
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Marc Fogel was sentenced to 14 years in a Russian prison after he was caught travelling with medically prescribed marijuana, his family claims He told The Telegraph: “This is Vladimir Putin going back to the comment that he made that the war never would have occurred if Trump had been there...
She told Hellgren, "The evil forces, they cannot win." Letters from Prison Karelina can get letters in prison and loved ones write to her, but the communication is censored by the Russian government. Her trial will be in Tekaterinsburg, the same city where former Wall...
In June 2022, he was found guilty in a court just outside Moscow of committing “large-scale drugs smuggling” and given a 14-year sentence at a Russian hard labor camp. The same court held the trial of detainedWNBA player Brittney Griner, who wasreleased in a prisoner swapin December 20...
Russian prosecutors alleged he had gathered secret information for the CIA - but his employer dismissed the case as a sham.
Last month American Marc Fogel was released from Russian detention after the Trump administration made a deal for a Russian citizen held in U.S. prison. Part of the FBI’s responsibility is handling hostage cases with American citizens. Adam Boehler, President Trump’s nominee...
Naama Issachar, 27, was released from prison earlier in the morning after pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Issachar left Russia with her mother and boarded Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's plane, after Netanyahu shortly met with Putin in the Kremlin. ...
An American songwriter is going to spend the next 13 years rotting away in aRussianprison after a court sentenced him for working as adrugmule on Thursday. The musician, Travis Leake, allegedly tried to push over 40 grams of a narcotic known as mephedrone (also known as “meow-...
This is also the story of how against the odds he was eventually, unexpectedly, released. Gaylen Grandstaff's self-portrait as a bear in Russian prison . Gaylen Grandstaff Grandstaff's case is not a high-profile spy caper or a political show trial, like those that the Ru...