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Prisoners Take Hostages In Russian Jail, Second Incident Since June
Russian inmates on Friday took staff hostage at a prison colony in the southern Volgograd region, officials said, the second such incident in a Russian jail since June.
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Russian Prison Siege By ISIS Inmates Ends, Hostages Safe
Two prison officers have been taken hostage by Islamic State inmates in a jail in Rostov, southern Russia, the prison services announced Sunday.
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Vladimir Putin Orders Recruitment Of Thieves And Killers From Prisons To Fight Russia's War In Ukraine: Report
The recruitments were made from a prison where the inmates were promised a presidential pardon and a salary of 1,400 pounds a month, a report said.
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Russia Puts Whistleblower, Who Leaked Prison Rape Video, On Wanted List
Russia on Saturday placed a former prison inmate who leaked harrowing videos of rape and torture inside a Russian prison on a wanted list.
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Belarus-Born Inmate Who Leaked Russia Prison Rape Video Seeks French Asylum
The former inmate behind a video leak showing alleged rape and torture inside a Russian prison said he could no longer keep the explosive revelations to himself, speaking to AFP from France where he is now seeking asylum.
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Russia Detains 6 Prison Guards Over Inmate's Brutal Torture Video
Russian investigators said Monday they had detained six prison guards over a video showing officers brutally beating an inmate which was leaked to an independent newspaper.
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Will seek to free political inmates: Mikhail Khodorkovsky
At an emotional press conference barely two days after he was freed from a Russian jail, Mikhail Khodorkovsky vowed on Sunday to do all he can to ensure the release of other political prisoners in Russia.
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Cat detained for delivering cellphones to prisoners at Russian jail
Inmates at Russia's prisons have been known to bribe guards to obtain cellphones. But using cats as couriers?
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Cat detained on illegal mission at Russian prison
Inmates at Russia's prisons have been known to bribe guards to obtain cellphones, but this may be the first time they have used a cat as an accomplice.
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UN General Assembly slams President Bashar al-Assad for 'escalation' in Syria war
The United Nations General Assembly condemned President Bashar al-Assad's "escalation" of the Syrian war on Wednesday as rebels battled to free inmates from a prison in the key city of Aleppo.
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Pussy Riot protester in single cell after tensions with inmates
Jailed Pussy Riot punk protester Maria Alyokhina has been moved to a single cell at her own request because of tensions with fellow prisoners, Russia's federal penitentiary service said on Friday.
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Prisoners Take Hostages In Russian Jail, Second Incident Since June
Russian inmates on Friday took staff hostage at a prison colony in the southern Volgograd region, officials said, the second such incident in a Russian jail since June.
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Russian Prison Siege By ISIS Inmates Ends, Hostages Safe
Two prison officers have been taken hostage by Islamic State inmates in a jail in Rostov, southern Russia, the prison services announced Sunday.
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Vladimir Putin Orders Recruitment Of Thieves And Killers From Prisons To Fight Russia's War In Ukraine: Report
The recruitments were made from a prison where the inmates were promised a presidential pardon and a salary of 1,400 pounds a month, a report said.
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Russia Puts Whistleblower, Who Leaked Prison Rape Video, On Wanted List
Russia on Saturday placed a former prison inmate who leaked harrowing videos of rape and torture inside a Russian prison on a wanted list.
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Belarus-Born Inmate Who Leaked Russia Prison Rape Video Seeks French Asylum
The former inmate behind a video leak showing alleged rape and torture inside a Russian prison said he could no longer keep the explosive revelations to himself, speaking to AFP from France where he is now seeking asylum.
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Russia Detains 6 Prison Guards Over Inmate's Brutal Torture Video
Russian investigators said Monday they had detained six prison guards over a video showing officers brutally beating an inmate which was leaked to an independent newspaper.
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Will seek to free political inmates: Mikhail Khodorkovsky
At an emotional press conference barely two days after he was freed from a Russian jail, Mikhail Khodorkovsky vowed on Sunday to do all he can to ensure the release of other political prisoners in Russia.
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Cat detained for delivering cellphones to prisoners at Russian jail
Inmates at Russia's prisons have been known to bribe guards to obtain cellphones. But using cats as couriers?
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Cat detained on illegal mission at Russian prison
Inmates at Russia's prisons have been known to bribe guards to obtain cellphones, but this may be the first time they have used a cat as an accomplice.
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UN General Assembly slams President Bashar al-Assad for 'escalation' in Syria war
The United Nations General Assembly condemned President Bashar al-Assad's "escalation" of the Syrian war on Wednesday as rebels battled to free inmates from a prison in the key city of Aleppo.
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Pussy Riot protester in single cell after tensions with inmates
Jailed Pussy Riot punk protester Maria Alyokhina has been moved to a single cell at her own request because of tensions with fellow prisoners, Russia's federal penitentiary service said on Friday.
