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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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Alexei Navalny's Much Awaited Memoir Published Worldwide
A much-awaited posthumous memoir by Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was published worldwide on Tuesday, containing sometimes humorous descriptions of his life including his time in prison and the now-famous prediction that he expected to die there.
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'Like WWII Concentration Camp': Ex-US Marine's Experience In Russian Prison
Paul Whelan was taken and locked inside a cramped, nine-foot-square cell in Moscows Lefortovo Prison, known for holding political prisoners.
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Russia, Ukraine Swap 190 Prisoners of War
Russia said that it had swapped 95 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian troops in an exchange deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates.
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Kyiv Says Bodies Of 501 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Fighting Russia Returned
Kyiv said Friday it had received the bodies of 501 servicemen killed fighting Russian forces, mainly in eastern Ukraine.
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"I Will Die Here": Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Wrote Before Death In Prison
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin's top political opponent before his death in February, believed he would die in prison, according to his posthumous memoir which will to be released on October 22.
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Ex-US Marine Sentenced To 14 Years By Russia For Fighting For Ukraine
Russia on Wednesday convicted in absentia a former US Marine who fought for Ukraine after spending over two years in a Russian prison before being released in a swap.
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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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Russian Court Imprisons 5 Men Over Anti-Israel Riots At Dagestan Airport
A court in southern Russia on Friday sentenced five men to more than six years in prison each in the first convictions related to a mass anti-Israel protest last October at an airport in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region.
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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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Putin Critic Navalny's Wife Rejects Finding He Died From "Combination Of Illnesses"
The wife of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that investigators had told her his death in an Arctic prison colony in February was caused by a "combination of diseases" - a finding she rejected as preposterous.
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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 15 Years For US-Russian Ballerina Over Pro-Ukraine Donation
Russian prosecutors have requested a 15-year prison sentence for a dual US-Russian national charged with "treason" for making a donation to a pro-Ukraine organisation.
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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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Russian Spy Couple Returns From Slovenia, Children Don't Recognise Putin
Their parents were posing as an Argentine couple in Slovenia and were later convicted of spying. The two children accompanied them to Moscow on Thursday from Turkey
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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.
-
Alexei Navalny's Much Awaited Memoir Published Worldwide
A much-awaited posthumous memoir by Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was published worldwide on Tuesday, containing sometimes humorous descriptions of his life including his time in prison and the now-famous prediction that he expected to die there.
-
'Like WWII Concentration Camp': Ex-US Marine's Experience In Russian Prison
Paul Whelan was taken and locked inside a cramped, nine-foot-square cell in Moscows Lefortovo Prison, known for holding political prisoners.
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Russia, Ukraine Swap 190 Prisoners of War
Russia said that it had swapped 95 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian troops in an exchange deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates.
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Kyiv Says Bodies Of 501 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Fighting Russia Returned
Kyiv said Friday it had received the bodies of 501 servicemen killed fighting Russian forces, mainly in eastern Ukraine.
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"I Will Die Here": Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Wrote Before Death In Prison
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin's top political opponent before his death in February, believed he would die in prison, according to his posthumous memoir which will to be released on October 22.
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Ex-US Marine Sentenced To 14 Years By Russia For Fighting For Ukraine
Russia on Wednesday convicted in absentia a former US Marine who fought for Ukraine after spending over two years in a Russian prison before being released in a swap.
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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.
-
Russian Court Imprisons 5 Men Over Anti-Israel Riots At Dagestan Airport
A court in southern Russia on Friday sentenced five men to more than six years in prison each in the first convictions related to a mass anti-Israel protest last October at an airport in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region.
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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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Putin Critic Navalny's Wife Rejects Finding He Died From "Combination Of Illnesses"
The wife of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that investigators had told her his death in an Arctic prison colony in February was caused by a "combination of diseases" - a finding she rejected as preposterous.
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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 15 Years For US-Russian Ballerina Over Pro-Ukraine Donation
Russian prosecutors have requested a 15-year prison sentence for a dual US-Russian national charged with "treason" for making a donation to a pro-Ukraine organisation.
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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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Russian Spy Couple Returns From Slovenia, Children Don't Recognise Putin
Their parents were posing as an Argentine couple in Slovenia and were later convicted of spying. The two children accompanied them to Moscow on Thursday from Turkey
