A court has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said Monday. He had said last year the charges stemmed from a book the Tatar-Bashkir service released in 2022 …
Lawyers for WNBA star Brittney Griner filed an appeal Monday against her conviction in Russia on drug smuggling and possession charges, according to multiple reports. One day after Griner’s conviction, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the country was “ready to discuss” a prisoner swap proposal from the United States. GO DEEPER Securing Brittney Griner's release: A Q&A with a …
