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Ukraine says North Korean soldiers killed fighting alongside Russian troops

Russia and North Korea have not commented on Ukraine’s claim that some 30 North Korean troops have been killed or injured in fighting. Ukraine’s military intelligence and the Pentagon have said that Ukrainian troops have killed and injured a number of North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region. Speaking to journalists in Washington, DC, Pentagon …

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Imprisoned Kremlin critic stands a second trial for opposing Ukraine war

Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia — Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Gorinov appeared in court on Wednesday for a second trial for opposing Russia’s war in Ukraine, an independent news site reported. In July 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for “spreading false information” about the Russian army at a municipal council meeting by voicing skepticism about a children’s art competition …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Russian authorities seek a 6-year prison term for pediatrician accused of criticizing war in Ukraine

Associated Press

Russian authorities are seeking a six-year prison term for a pediatrician accused of criticizing the war in Ukraine in front of one of her patients and his mother, Russian independent news site Mediazona reported on Friday. The case against Dr. Nadezhda Buyanova, 68, is one of hundreds launched against Russians after Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. …

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5 months ago

Closing arguments in espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporter will be Friday, court says

Associated Press

YEKATERINBURG, Russia — Closing arguments in the espionage trial of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich will be held Friday, a court said, as the proceedings in Russia’s highly politicized legal system picked up speed in a case that has seen the reporter held behind bars for over a year. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday at the United Nations that …

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5 months, 1 week ago

US journalist Gershkovich scheduled to appear in Russian court for the second hearing of spy charges

Associated Press

MOSCOW — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is scheduled to appear in court in Russia on Thursday for the second hearing in his trial on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny, court records showed. But Gershkovich’s lawyers petitioned the court to hold the second hearing earlier, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti and …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia puts Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on its wanted list

Associated Press

Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database. In an online statement published that same day, Ukraine’s foreign ministry dismissed the reports of Zelenskyy’s inclusion as evidence of “the desperation of the Russian state machine and propaganda.” Russia’s wanted list also includes scores of officials and lawmakers …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Two years of the Ukraine conflict: Time for the US to adopt a different worldview

China Daily

A man looks at a crater formed by recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict near a restaurant building in Donetsk, Feb 25, 2024. Buoyed by huge ammunition flows to Kyiv, Washington racked up $80.9 billion in 2023 from selling defense articles and services and conducting security cooperation under the Foreign Military Sales system. US Secretary of State Antony …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Russian activist Oleg Orlov sentenced to 30 months in prison

Al Jazeera

Moscow court finds veteran human rights advocate who spoke out against the war in Ukraine guilty of discrediting armed forces. A Russian court has sentenced prominent human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov to two-and-a-half years in prison after he was found guilty of discrediting the army. #HandsOffOrlov Oleg Orlov being taken away pic.twitter.com/ub6FAc0tFd — Memorial in English February 27, 2024 Human …

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10 months ago

Western leaders rally around Kyiv to mark 2 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion

LA Times

In Kyiv, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, from right, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lay flowers at the Wall of Remembrance for Ukrainian soldiers Saturday. President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Western leaders to Kyiv on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale …

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10 months ago

Former US ambassador to Ukraine says Russian ballerina's arrest is a middle finger to the US and says Biden administration should be trying to get her back

Daily Mail

Former ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor has said that the arrest of a Russian-American ballerina is akin to Vladimir Putin giving a middle finger to the US. During an appearance on CUOMO on NewsNation, the diplomat was asked by Chris Cyomo if Ksenia Karelina's arrest for high treason was a way for Putin to show contempt for the US after …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Hundreds protest and clash with police in a Russian region after an activist is sentenced to prison

Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia — Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in the Russian region of Bashkortostan on Wednesday in a rare display of public outrage after a court convicted a local activist and sentenced him to prison, media reports and rights groups said. He faced charges after a speech last year in an unsanctioned rally against gold mining, Russian independent news …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Kremlin foe Navalny, smiling and joking, appears in court via video link from an Arctic prison

Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia — A smiling and joking Alexei Navalny appeared in court Wednesday via video link from the Arctic penal colony where he is serving a 19-year sentence, the first time the Russian opposition leader has been shown on camera since his transfer to the remote prison. Russian news outlets released images of Navalny, in black prison garb and with …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Russian artist who protested Ukraine war gets 7 years in prison in latest crackdown on free speech

Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia — A Russian court on Thursday convicted an artist and musician for swapping supermarket price tags with antiwar messages, sentencing her to seven years in prison in one of the highest-profile cases involving the recent crackdown on free speech. Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in her native St. Petersburg in April 2022 and charged with spreading false information about …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia — Russian authorities on Wednesday demanded an eight-year prison term for an artist and musician who was jailed after speaking out against Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in her native St. Petersburg in April 2022, on charges of spreading false information about the military after replacing supermarket price tags with antiwar slogans decrying the invasion. …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Vladimir Putin critic Navalny refuses to leave his jail cell for court hearing

Hindustan Times

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday refused to leave his cell and skipped a court hearing, protesting after prison officials took away all of his writing supplies, his allies said. Navalny, who is serving a 19-year prison term, was due to participate in a court hearing via video link on Monday on one of many lawsuits he had …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Russia extends detention of a US journalist detained for failing to register as a foreign agent

Associated Press

A Russian-American journalist was ordered Friday to be detained for another three days on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent, Russian media reported. The state-run news website Tatar-Inform said Kurmasheva faces charges of failing to register as a “foreign agent” and was collecting information on Russian military activities. Kurmasheva was accused of reporting on the Russian military …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Russia puts British ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on ‘wanted list’ over Putin warrant

India TV News

Following the issuing of an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin by the Hague-based court, Russia has placed British prosecutor Karim Khan on a “wanted” list. Russia began criminal proceedings against Khan and three ICC judges in March on the grounds that they had committed "signs of crimes" in accordance with Russian law. The latest action comes two months …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Russian court fines war critic who asked for prison instead

Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia — A court in Russia convicted a woman from a Siberian city over social media posts condemning the war in Ukraine and punished her Friday with a steep fine even though both she and the prosecution asked for a prison sentence. Marina Novikova, a 65-year-old lawyer, was found guilty of “spreading false information” about the Russian army, which …

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1 year, 8 months ago

March 28, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news

CNN

A screengrab of Maria Moskalyov, 12, describing the police search of her home in Russia's Tula region to Activatica, an online portal supporting grassroots activism in the country. A Russian man whose 12-year-old daughter drew an anti-war picture at school has been sentenced to two years in prison by a court in the Tula region for his own anti-war online …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Russian man whose daughter made anti-war painting sentenced to two years in prison

CNN

CNN — A Russian man whose teenage daughter drew an anti-war picture at school has been sentenced to two years in prison by a court for his own online posts critical of the invasion of Ukraine. Alexey Moskalyov had been charged with “discrediting the Russian military” and was under house arrest in the Tula region after being accused of repeatedly …

Ukraine Court Man According Russian Ria Two Years

1 year, 10 months ago

Russia blocks access to The Bell in latest crackdown on country’s media houses

Firstpost

Russia has blocked dozens of news sites since it invaded Ukraine last year, often accusing them of publishing “fake” news about what it calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine. Moscow: Russia on Sunday blocked access to The Bell, a news outlet founded by one of Russia’s top journalists, the latest website to be taken offline as Moscow cracks down …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Russian prison population falls dramatically as convicts are sent to fight in Ukraine

The Telegraph

The Kremlin-linked Wagner mercenary group may have recruited as many as 23,000 convicts and sent them to fight in Ukraine to shore up Russia’s faltering invasion. The analysis by Mediazona, a Russian news website operating in exile, showed a sudden 6.5 per cent drop in the male population of Russian prisons now compared with August, when Wagner started recruiting convicts. …

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2 years, 5 months ago

WNBA’s Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russian court

Associated Press

MOSCOW — American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4 1/2 months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for a Russian team, in a case that has unfolded amid tense relations between Moscow and Washington. Elizabeth Rood, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was in court and …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Vladimir Putin's next war is being waged against Russia's independent media

ABC

For the past 18 years, Russian journalist Tania Felgengauer has tried to expose the truth about Vladimir Putin and his administration, but last week the Moscow radio station she works for was silenced. "It was a political decision of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin … he decided to shut them down as many other professional and free media." He …

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Ukraine says North Korean soldiers killed fighting alongside Russian troops

Imprisoned Kremlin critic stands a second trial for opposing Ukraine war

Russian authorities seek a 6-year prison term for pediatrician accused of criticizing war in Ukraine

Closing arguments in espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporter will be Friday, court says

US journalist Gershkovich scheduled to appear in Russian court for the second hearing of spy charges

Russia puts Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on its wanted list

Two years of the Ukraine conflict: Time for the US to adopt a different worldview

Russian activist Oleg Orlov sentenced to 30 months in prison

Western leaders rally around Kyiv to mark 2 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion

Former US ambassador to Ukraine says Russian ballerina's arrest is a middle finger to the US and says Biden administration should be trying to get her back

Hundreds protest and clash with police in a Russian region after an activist is sentenced to prison

Kremlin foe Navalny, smiling and joking, appears in court via video link from an Arctic prison

Russian artist who protested Ukraine war gets 7 years in prison in latest crackdown on free speech

Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin critic Navalny refuses to leave his jail cell for court hearing

Russia extends detention of a US journalist detained for failing to register as a foreign agent

Russia puts British ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on ‘wanted list’ over Putin warrant

Russian court fines war critic who asked for prison instead

March 28, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news

Russian man whose daughter made anti-war painting sentenced to two years in prison

Russia blocks access to The Bell in latest crackdown on country’s media houses

Russian prison population falls dramatically as convicts are sent to fight in Ukraine

WNBA’s Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russian court

Vladimir Putin's next war is being waged against Russia's independent media