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6 Russian Convicts Escape Prison Through Secret Tunnel, Manhunt Launched
Russian authorities announced a manhunt on Saturday after six convicts tunnelled their way out a correctional facility.
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ISIS, Elite Snipers, 8 Kills: How Deadly Russian Prison Standoff Unfolded
Four jail staffers were killed after a group of prisoners staged a violent revolt at the high-security IK-19 Surovikino penal colony in Russia's Volgograd region 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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"Guilty Of High Treason": Russia Jails US-Origin Ballet Dancer For 12 Years
US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina was sentenced to 12 years in prison for "treason" by a Russian court on Thursday, after allegedly donating a little over $50 to a pro-Ukraine charity.
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Russia Seeks To Jail US Russian Woman Over $50 Donation To Ukraine
Ksenia Karelina, who lives in the United States, was arrested in February while visiting family in Russia, accused of providing financial assistance to the Ukrainian army.
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Who Is Vadim Krasikov, The Assassin Freed In Russian Prisoner Swap
Vadim Krasikov, a Russian freed from jail in Germany on Friday in a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, was convicted of the murder in 2019 of a former Chechen militant as he walked in broad daylight in a park in central Berlin.
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High-profile Russian Political Prisoners Reported Disappeared
At least five Russian political prisoners have been moved from jails and prison colonies in recent days, in an apparently coordinated move that has raised speculation of a possible prisoner exchange.
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Russia Jails US-Russian Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva For Over 6 Years
A Russian court has sentenced US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to more than six years in prison for violating military censorship laws, a court spokesperson said Monday, a ruling her employer slammed as a "mockery of justice".
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Russia Jails US Reporter Evan Gershkovich For 16 Years For "Espionage"
US reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced by a Russian court on Friday to 16 years prison for "espionage", a verdict slammed as "despicable", "disgraceful" and a "sham" by Western governments and his employer.
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Russia Sentences Ex-US Paratrooper To 13 Years In Jail On Drug Charges
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow's court service said in a statement.
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Russia Jails US Citizen After Finding Him Guilty Of Trying To Sell Drugs
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Robert Romanov Woodland to 12-1/2 years in a maximum security penal colony after finding him guilty of attempting to sell drugs, Woodland's lawyer and Moscow prosecutors said.
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Russia Jails Teacher For 20 Years For 'High Treason'
A Russian military court has jailed a teacher for 20 years on "high treason" charges for sending money to Ukraine, with the defendant saying colleagues reported him to authorities.
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Russia Jails US Soldier For Stealing $113 From Girlfriend, Threatening Her
A US soldier was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony after being found guilty by a Russian court of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her, a Reuters witness reported from the courtroom.
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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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"To Flatter Putin's Ego'': Why Are Top Scientists In Russia Being Jailed
All these scientists had conducted theoretical work in areas relevant to the development of hypersonic missiles.
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6 Russian Convicts Escape Prison Through Secret Tunnel, Manhunt Launched
Russian authorities announced a manhunt on Saturday after six convicts tunnelled their way out a correctional facility.
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ISIS, Elite Snipers, 8 Kills: How Deadly Russian Prison Standoff Unfolded
Four jail staffers were killed after a group of prisoners staged a violent revolt at the high-security IK-19 Surovikino penal colony in Russia's Volgograd region 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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"Guilty Of High Treason": Russia Jails US-Origin Ballet Dancer For 12 Years
US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina was sentenced to 12 years in prison for "treason" by a Russian court on Thursday, after allegedly donating a little over $50 to a pro-Ukraine charity.
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Russia Seeks To Jail US Russian Woman Over $50 Donation To Ukraine
Ksenia Karelina, who lives in the United States, was arrested in February while visiting family in Russia, accused of providing financial assistance to the Ukrainian army.
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Who Is Vadim Krasikov, The Assassin Freed In Russian Prisoner Swap
Vadim Krasikov, a Russian freed from jail in Germany on Friday in a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, was convicted of the murder in 2019 of a former Chechen militant as he walked in broad daylight in a park in central Berlin.
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High-profile Russian Political Prisoners Reported Disappeared
At least five Russian political prisoners have been moved from jails and prison colonies in recent days, in an apparently coordinated move that has raised speculation of a possible prisoner exchange.
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Russia Jails US-Russian Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva For Over 6 Years
A Russian court has sentenced US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to more than six years in prison for violating military censorship laws, a court spokesperson said Monday, a ruling her employer slammed as a "mockery of justice".
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Russia Jails US Reporter Evan Gershkovich For 16 Years For "Espionage"
US reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced by a Russian court on Friday to 16 years prison for "espionage", a verdict slammed as "despicable", "disgraceful" and a "sham" by Western governments and his employer.
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Russia Sentences Ex-US Paratrooper To 13 Years In Jail On Drug Charges
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow's court service said in a statement.
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Russia Jails US Citizen After Finding Him Guilty Of Trying To Sell Drugs
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Robert Romanov Woodland to 12-1/2 years in a maximum security penal colony after finding him guilty of attempting to sell drugs, Woodland's lawyer and Moscow prosecutors said.
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Russia Jails Teacher For 20 Years For 'High Treason'
A Russian military court has jailed a teacher for 20 years on "high treason" charges for sending money to Ukraine, with the defendant saying colleagues reported him to authorities.
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Russia Jails US Soldier For Stealing $113 From Girlfriend, Threatening Her
A US soldier was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony after being found guilty by a Russian court of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her, a Reuters witness reported from the courtroom.
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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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"To Flatter Putin's Ego'': Why Are Top Scientists In Russia Being Jailed
All these scientists had conducted theoretical work in areas relevant to the development of hypersonic missiles.
