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The WNBA star was arrested in February 2022 at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. She later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison.

The administration has identified at least two American citizens wrongfully detained in Russia and three in Iran along with one legal permanent U.S. resident.

Russia’s military acknowledged that a bomb accidentally dropped by one of its warplanes caused a powerful blast in Belgorod.

Witnesses in Belgorod reported a low hissing sound followed by a blast that made nearby apartment buildings tremble and shattered their windows.

Russia has been excluded from qualification for the men’s basketball tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics, FIBA announced on Tuesday.

A Russian court on Tuesday upheld the detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich on spying charges.

A Russian judge has upheld the detention of jailed American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested on spying charges as part of a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on dissent and press freedom amid the war in Ukraine.

The US ambassador to Russia says that she was able to visit the Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained more than two weeks ago on charges of espionage. Ambassador Lynne Tracy said that she visited Evan Gershkovich in Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison which notorious for harsh conditions. She said Monday that “he is in good health and remains strong.” Tracy...

A court in Moscow has convicted a top Kremlin foe on charges of treason and denigrating the Russian military and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

The Ukrainian government has barred its national sports teams from competing at international events which also include athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus.

Alaska Airlines has canceled more than two dozen flights in Alaska because of an ash cloud from a Russian volcano.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is in failing health because of a new suspected poisoning and is back in a punishment cell after a few days in regular confinement, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Volodymyr Zelenksyy said the violence in the latest video would not be forgotten, and that Russian forces would be held responsible.

Shiveluch, one of the area’s most active volcanoes, started erupting early Tuesday and engulfed several villages in grey volcanic dust in the largest fallout in nearly 60 years.

One of Russia’s most active volcanoes erupted on Tuesday shooting a vast cloud of ash far up into the sky and smothering villages in drifts of gray volcanic dust.

The WNBA All-Star says she will share details about the “unfathomable period” in her life, when she was arrested in Russia last year on drug-related charges.

Saying she is ready to share the “unfathomable” experience of being arrested and incarcerated in Russia, basketball star Brittney Griner is working on a memoir that is scheduled for spring 2024.

The Biden administration has formally determined that a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on espionage charges has been “wrongfully detained.”

Jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been charged with espionage in Russia and has entered a formal denial, two Russian news agencies reported Friday.

Brian Whitmore, a Russia and Eurasia specialist and adjunct assistant professor at The University of Texas at Arlington, discusses the current situation in Ukraine.