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A Russian-American citizen has been released in a prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington. Amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina, a Los Angeles resident, had been in prison in Russia for over a year, after being arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg in early 2024. She was found guilty of treason for donating money to a US-based […]
(Reuters) – A Russian court in Vladivostok slightly cut the sentence of U.S. soldier Gordon Black who was jailed last year after being found guilty of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her, Russian agencies reported on Monday.Russia’s RIA and TASS state news agencies, citing court proceedings, reported that the court […]
Moscow — An appellate court in Russia’s far east on Monday reduced the prison sentence for an American soldier convicted of stealing and making threats of murder, Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to the Pacific port city of Vladivostok to see his girlfriend and was arrested in […]
A Russian court has reduced the prison sentence of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Gordon Black, who was convicted of threatening to kill his girlfriend and stealing from her, state media reported Monday. Black was sentenced in June 2024 to three years and nine months by a court in Vladivostok, but an appeals court cut the […]
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A foul cell in a Moscow detention center was about the last place an American businessman named Michael Calvey expected to find himself after spending 25 years building a flourishing venture capital firm in Russia that transformed some tech startups into global brands. First, beefy agents from the F.S.B., the federal security service, ransacked his […]
Alexander Vinnik’s release came as an unnamed US citizen was also freed by Russian ally Belarus in a separate deal. A Russian cybercrime boss has been freed from prison in the United States after Moscow released American teacher Marc Fogel, reciprocal releases that come as US President Donald Trump seeks to build bridges with Russia […]
Los Angeles AP  — A California woman was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison in a long-running case over a business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who automatically became American citizens.
Michael Sullivan spent more than 27 years in a Massachusetts prison for a murder he insisted for years he didn’t do. He was released in 2013 after a new trial and new DNA technology proved his innocence. Earlier this month, Sullivan was awarded $13m (£10m) from the state, though Massachusetts regulations cap rewards for wrongful […]
A U.S. soldier serving a prison sentence in Russia’s Far East appeared on state television Tuesday, saying he hoped to be exchanged at some point in the future. Gordon Black spoke to state broadcaster Rossiya from prison, looking pale and wearing the same clothes he had on at the time of his arrest earlier this […]