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Russian Spy Ring Busted In UK: 6 Convicted Spies Jailed For 50 Years
Six Bulgarian nationals, known as "The Minions," have been sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison in the UK for conducting a large-scale espionage operation on behalf of Russia's GRU.
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Assassin, Journalist, Critic: Who Were Freed In Russia-West Prisoner Swap
Russia and the West have released a total of 24 prisoners in the biggest exchange since the end of the Cold War, officials said on Thursday.
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Russia Frees Jailed US Reporter In Major Prisoner Swap With West, Says Turkey
US journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan are expected to be released by Russia as part of one of the biggest East-West prisoner swaps since the Cold War, according to US media Thursday.
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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 Sends Journalist To 2-Month Custody For Links To Alexei Navalny Group
A Moscow court on Friday ordered a journalist who covered the trials of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to be held in pre-trial detention on "extremism" charges.
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Russia Jails Journalist For 2 Years For Opposing Ukraine War
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a journalist to two years in prison for denouncing Moscow's full-scale military offensive on Ukraine, as police in Moscow detained five other reporters over a 24-hour period.
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Russia Jails Journalist For 7 Years Over Articles On War Crimes In Ukraine
A reporter for an independent Russian news outlet was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for articles he wrote about alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, his publication said.
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Russia Extends Detention Of US Reporter Charged With Espionage
A Russian court on Thursday extended the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- who her employer says faces 15 years in prison for violating censorship laws -- until 5 April.
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US Reporter Accused Of Spying Appears In Russia Court To Appeal Detention
A Russian court on Tuesday deferred a ruling on the pre-trial detention of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, held in a notorious Moscow prison on spy charges for almost six months.
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Russian Reporter Loses Appeal Against 22-Year Jail Term
Russia's supreme court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by prominent investigative journalist Ivan Safronov against his 22-year prison sentence for high treason.
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Journalist Jailed By Russia Court For 6 Years Over Online Post On Ukraine
A Russian court today sentenced a journalist to six years in prison for comments critical of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, officials said, as part of an ongoing crackdown on dissent.
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Russian Journalist Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison Over Ukraine Comments
A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced in absentia veteran journalist Alexander Nevzorov to eight years in prison for spreading "false information" about Moscow's military offensive in Ukraine.
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Ukraine Says Russia "Forcibly Holding" Many Civilians In Prisons
Ukraine's deputy prime minister on Monday accused Russia of holding civilians, including journalists, activists and elected officials, in prisons on Russian territory.
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Ukraine Prisoner Swap Under Way on Frontline
Ukraine's military and pro-Russian separatists on Saturday began exchanging scores of prisoners each had taken, AFP journalists present in the frontline town where the swap was occurring reported.
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Russian Spy Ring Busted In UK: 6 Convicted Spies Jailed For 50 Years
Six Bulgarian nationals, known as "The Minions," have been sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison in the UK for conducting a large-scale espionage operation on behalf of Russia's GRU.
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Assassin, Journalist, Critic: Who Were Freed In Russia-West Prisoner Swap
Russia and the West have released a total of 24 prisoners in the biggest exchange since the end of the Cold War, officials said on Thursday.
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Russia Frees Jailed US Reporter In Major Prisoner Swap With West, Says Turkey
US journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan are expected to be released by Russia as part of one of the biggest East-West prisoner swaps since the Cold War, according to US media Thursday.
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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 Sends Journalist To 2-Month Custody For Links To Alexei Navalny Group
A Moscow court on Friday ordered a journalist who covered the trials of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to be held in pre-trial detention on "extremism" charges.
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Russia Jails Journalist For 2 Years For Opposing Ukraine War
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a journalist to two years in prison for denouncing Moscow's full-scale military offensive on Ukraine, as police in Moscow detained five other reporters over a 24-hour period.
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Russia Jails Journalist For 7 Years Over Articles On War Crimes In Ukraine
A reporter for an independent Russian news outlet was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for articles he wrote about alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, his publication said.
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Russia Extends Detention Of US Reporter Charged With Espionage
A Russian court on Thursday extended the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- who her employer says faces 15 years in prison for violating censorship laws -- until 5 April.
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US Reporter Accused Of Spying Appears In Russia Court To Appeal Detention
A Russian court on Tuesday deferred a ruling on the pre-trial detention of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, held in a notorious Moscow prison on spy charges for almost six months.
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Russian Reporter Loses Appeal Against 22-Year Jail Term
Russia's supreme court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by prominent investigative journalist Ivan Safronov against his 22-year prison sentence for high treason.
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Journalist Jailed By Russia Court For 6 Years Over Online Post On Ukraine
A Russian court today sentenced a journalist to six years in prison for comments critical of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, officials said, as part of an ongoing crackdown on dissent.
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Russian Journalist Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison Over Ukraine Comments
A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced in absentia veteran journalist Alexander Nevzorov to eight years in prison for spreading "false information" about Moscow's military offensive in Ukraine.
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Ukraine Says Russia "Forcibly Holding" Many Civilians In Prisons
Ukraine's deputy prime minister on Monday accused Russia of holding civilians, including journalists, activists and elected officials, in prisons on Russian territory.
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Ukraine Prisoner Swap Under Way on Frontline
Ukraine's military and pro-Russian separatists on Saturday began exchanging scores of prisoners each had taken, AFP journalists present in the frontline town where the swap was occurring reported.
