Paul Whelan

Russia extends Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's pretrial detention yet again

Moscow — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain jailed in Russia on espionage cha...

world | 5 months ago

Russian court says American man jailed for hooliganism after drunkenly breaking into children's library

Moscow — A Moscow court said Tuesday that it had sentenced a U.S. citizen to 10 days in detention fo...

world | 5 months ago

Gordon Black, U.S. soldier jailed in Russia, pleads guilty to theft, Russian state media say

Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, a U.S. soldier jailed in the Russian city of Vladivostok, has entered a gui...

world | 5 months ago

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges

Yekaterinburg, Russia — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed do...

world | 3 months ago

Russia sentences U.S. man Robert Woodland to prison on drug charges

A Russian court has sentenced an American man to 12 and a half years in prison on drug charges, his ...

world | 3 months ago

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...

us | 2 months ago

U.S., Russia prisoner swap is the latest in a long history of exchanges between the world powers

Washington — In the largest international prisoner exchange since the Cold War, 24 prisoners were tr...

world | 2 months ago

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...

world | 2 months ago

Biden, Harris welcome home Americans released in Russia prisoner swap

Washington — President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted three Americans released by Ru...

world | 2 months ago

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...

world | 2 months ago

Paul Whelan, freed in prisoner swap with Russia, tells other American detainees: "We're coming for you"

Washington — Nearly seven weeks after the Russians handed over Paul Whelan on a tarmac in Ankara, Tu...

us | 4 weeks ago