Behind the US-Russia prisoner deal: Spies, a killer, secret messages and unseen diplomacyOn June 25, CIA officers and Russian spies met to discuss a large-scale prisoner exchange, resulting in the release of Americans Evan Gersh...
Turkey Intelligence mediates in major East-West prisoner swapIn an extensive prisoner swap, 26 individuals from several countries, including the US, Russia, and Germany, were released. Notable figures...
Biden calls Russia prisoner swap 'feat of diplomacy'US President Joe Biden commended the diplomatic efforts that led to the release of US journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-marine Paul Whelan...
Russia releases US journalist Evan Gershkovich and other Americans, dissidents in massive 24-person prisoner swapThe United States and Russia completed their largest post-Soviet prisoner swap on Thursday, resulting in the release of journalist Evan Ger...
US Journalist Evan Gershkovich, ex-Marine released by Russia. This country facilitated largest prisoner-swap deal since Cold WarWall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan were released by Russia in the largest prisoner swap in post-So...
UK PM Starmer welcomes release of prisoners including Vladimir Kara-MurzaBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday welcomed the release of several prisoners from Russia, including dual Russian-British dissi...
Russia jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 yearsUS reporter Evan Gershkovich of the WSJ was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian strict regime colony for espionage. Biden condemned the sham...
US condemns Russia arrest of WSJ journalistUS officials said they were in touch with the family of detained journalist Evan Gershkovich as well as the newspaper and that the State De...
Blinken presses Russian FM in first meeting since war: USBlinken met for less than 10 minutes with Lavrov on the sidelines of the Group of 20 talks, a day after saying that he had no plans to meet...
Brittney Griner returns to hometown, plans to play basketball this seasonOn Friday, after departing from Texas medical military facility, two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner returned home and is planni...
US, Russia exchange basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, read detailsBrittney Griner, a US basketball player was arrested at a Moscow airport in February for possessing cannabis oil has been swapped with conv...
Griner for Bout: WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swapThe swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price - and left ...
American basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal date set on October 25 against nine-year prison sentence in RussiaOn Monday, a Russian court announced that Brittney Griner’s appeal would be held on October 25. The American basketball star was sentenced ...
US, Russia ready to hold talks over prisoner swap after Griner convictionRussia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters in Cambodia that the Kremlin is "ready to discuss this topic, but within the framewo...
Who is Viktor Bout, Russian 'Merchant of Death' slated to be released in exchange for Brittney Griner?The Biden government has proposed to exchange Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for two Americans hosted by Russia, Brittney Griner and Paul ...
Trevor Reed returns to the United States following prisoner exchange with RussiaReed's father, Joey Reed, and his mom Paula Reed told reporters that they got a call to confirm their son’s return just as his plane flew o...
Afghanistan withdrawal draws concerns over abducted AmericanMark Frerichs, a contractor from Lombard, Illinois, believed held for more than a year by the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network, was not m...