There were no aides and no note-takers in the Oval Office—just President Biden and his German guest. “Putin will take more and more Americans," said Fiona Hill, who sat across the table from Russia’s president as the top Russia adviser for President Trump. The president and his national security team feared Putin would sense weakness if the U.S. started eagerly …
MOSCOW — A court in the Russian capital ruled Tuesday to keep Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in custody pending his trial on espionage charges that he denies. U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Tuesday that “we’re disappointed but not surprised by the outcome of the hearing” that upheld Gershkovich’s detention. RFE/RL President Stephen Capus said in a …
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted from the Lefortovsky court after the hearing last month in Moscow. A court in the Russian capital ruled Tuesday to keep Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in custody pending his trial on espionage charges that he denies. Speaking in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson earlier this month, …
CNN — Russian government officials requested that a former colonel from the country’s domestic spy agency who was convicted of murder in Germany last year be included in the US’ proposed swap of a notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, multiple sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. It is a bad faith attempt to …
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