The release is part of a swap with the Kremlin that freed an American schoolteacher being held in a Russian prison.

Authorities in Russia have detained a U.S. citizen at a Moscow airport on drug smuggling charges, Mash, a Telegram channel which has sources in Russia's security services reported on Friday.

In December 2024, Eugene Spector, a Russian-born American, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of ...

Putin sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, amid Kyiv’s bid to join NATO that he described as a “red line” for Moscow.

By saying Ukraine’s NATO membership is “impractical” and the return of Russian-occupied territories to Kyiv is “illusionary,” ...

Russia's largest petrochemicals company, Sibur, plans in the first half of March to resume output at a plant that was ...

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Despite President Trump claiming that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend, the Kremlin has refused to confirm the call. In his remarks during a news briefing in Moscow ...

Vladimir Putin’s call with President Trump reinforced the Russian leader’s view that Moscow and Washington should decide the fate of Ukraine — and other weighty matters. By Anton ...

But a senior Russian politician has said that Moscow is yet to receive a good offer to start peace negotiations. Rivals for German elections agree on Ukraine German Chancellor Olaf Schlolz and his ...

"Moscow has, for now, decided to embark on rebuilding the armed forces based on a model familiar to Russian military leaders, a group that was highly critical of earlier reform attempts," RAND wrote.

The incident occurred overnight on Feb. 6, 2025, at military unit 52116 in Dolgoprudny, near Moscow. Read also: Drones target ...