A Russian judge sentenced Olga Jezler to 10 years in prison on drug charges. Hostage advocacy groups say the charges are ...

U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan is likely to face isolation, cold showers and intense interrogations in the Russian prison where he is being held on spying charges, according to experts and accounts ...

The former mayor was released last August and confirms the systematic torture in prisons controlled by Moscow, denounced by the United Nations and several international NGOs. On September 8, the ...

Rev. Walter J. Ciszek will not become a saint of the Catholic church, though a lot of people in Shenandoah believe he should. A 14-year effort to elevate the Shenandoah native to sainthood ended ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. citizen Stephen Hubbard accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine appears in court in Moscow LONDON (Reuters) -A 73-year ...

The fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison, Russian ...

Ukrainian soldier Serhii Hryhoriev said this so often during brief phone calls from the front that his wife and two daughters took it to heart. His younger daughter, Oksana, tattooed the phrase on her ...

A Russian stand-up comedian was sent to a penal colony for almost six years Wednesday for a joke about a war veteran who lost his legs, the latest conviction in a sweeping crackdown on those who ...

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions ...

LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - A 73-year-old American jailed by Russia as a mercenary for Ukraine protested his innocence when his U.S.-based legal team and family finally tracked him down in April, ...