Arrested in 2008, Bout was serving a 25-year prison sentence in the U.S. for conspiring to sell weapons to people who intended to kill Americans. Aug. 1, 2024 Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan after their release from Russia in a prisoner swap on Aug. 1, 2024. U...
wasVadim Krasikov, a convicted murdererwho was sentenced to life in prison by a German court in 2021 for killing a Georgian asylee who had fought against Russians in Chechnya. German judges said the killing had been ordered by Russian federal authorities and called it "state terrorism...
He received worrying news: as of two days earlier, he was told, Chanysheva was no longer there. The husband, Almaz Gatin, pleaded for help online and, with lawyers, scoured three jails and one other prison. “She’s nowhere to be found!” he wrote. By this ...
Ukraine President Zelenskyy uses New Year address to call for unity against Russia ‘I’m euphoric': Ukrainian POWs reunite with their families after release in swap deal with Russia More News Ukraine halts transit of Russian gas to Europe after a prewar deal expired January 2 Russian m...
The family of a teacher not included in a landmark prisoner swap between Russia and the West have demanded "immediate action" from US President Joe Biden. Some two dozen people from countries including Russia, the US, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Belarus were involved in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Russia on Thursdaycompleted their largest prisoner swapin post-Soviet history, a deal involving 24 people, many months of negotiations and concessions from other European countries who released Russians in their custody as part of the exchange. ...
It led to Whelan advocating for his own release from a remote prison camp, calling government officials and journalists to make sure that he wasn't forgotten. When the plane carrying Whelan, Gershkovish and Kurmasheva landed in Maryland on Aug. 1, Whelan was the first to disembark. He ...
Updated on: August 2, 2024 / 12:03 PM PDT / CBS News Washington — President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted three Americans released by Russia in a complex prisoner swap involving 24 people being held in six countries when they arrived on U.S. soil late Thursday. ...
Could a new team in the White House, especially one led byDonald Trump, risk undoing everything that's made this swap possible? Image:Russian hitman Vadim Krasikov is being freed as part of the exchange. Pic: Reuters With so many layers, so many governments involved, this...
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has returned to the US after more than a year in a Russian prison, as part of a complex prisoner swap that was the largest of its kind since the cold war. Gershkovich, who was arrested last year while on a reporting assignment in Russia, arr...