Russia sentences U.S. dual national journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to prison for reporting amid Ukraine war

A Russian court has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government...

U.S., Russia prisoner swap secures release of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others

After a historically complex, monthslong negotiation involving more than six countries and two dozen...

U.S.-Russia prisoner exchange includes Vadim Krasikov, Russian assassin serving a life sentence in Germany

The Biden administration has announced a prisoner exchange with Russia to secure the release of thre...

What the historic prisoner swap might mean for the future

It was an intricate prisoner swap months in the making – so long that, back before his death in Febr...

Russian American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva reflects on life nearly 1 month since prisoner swap: "I didn't believe it was real until I hugged my children."

Russian American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva says she was fantasizing about the moment she would once...