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Articles with tag "prisoners"

'outside the box'

U.S. Explores ‘Narrow’ Sanctions Relief to Free Gershkovich, Whelan From Russia – Reports

Possible “narrow sanctions relief” on the FSB is part of U.S. efforts to come up with “creative offers” that could “gin up” interest in a prisoner...
desperate times

Russian Army Found to Have Recruited Prisoners to Fight in Ukraine

Russia's Defense Ministry has been recruiting inmates to fight in Ukraine, the BBC Russian Service has reported.
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Human rights

European Court Fines Russia for Abuse of 'Outcast' Prisoners

The court ruled that Moscow must pay each of the applicants 20,000 euros.
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wagner recruitment

Russian Prisons ‘Lost’ Up to 17,000 Convicts in 2022 - Mediazona

In exchange for a six-month military contract, mercenary outfit Wagner offered prisoners a pardon.  
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war footing

Russian Prison Boss Offers Inmate Labor to Boost Military Production

Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service has reportedly offered defense conglomerate Rostec the use of inmate labor.
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desperate measures 

Russia Turns to Women's Prisons for Fresh Recruits – Reports

Russia has resorted to recruiting inmates from women's prisons to fight with the Russian military in Ukraine, according to both Ukrainian officials and...
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March 8

Women’s Day Celebrations a Lightning Rod for a Divided Russia

As Russia marks a wartime International Women's Day, different groups are using the public holiday to draw attention to their causes.
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'killing him slowly'

Ailing Navalny Ordered to 6 Months in Punishment Cell

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been ordered to spend six months in a designated punishment cell, he said Wednesday as his supporters expressed...
'infliction of harm'

Russian Doctors Implore Putin to ‘Stop Abusing’ Navalny in Open Letter

Dozens of Russian doctors signed an open letter on Tuesday urging Russian President Vladimir Putin "to stop abusing" jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny...
political prison

Navalny Returned to Solitary Confinement on New Year's Eve

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Monday that the authorities at the prison where he is serving his nine-year term had placed...
equal opportunities

Wagner Boss: Women Should Also Get Early Jail Release to Fight in Ukraine

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin-linked businessman and Wagner Group founder, has voiced his support for commuting the sentences of female prisoners in Russia...
First comment

Brittney Griner Says it's 'so Good to Be Home' After Release From Russian Jail

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner made her first remarks since being released from a Russian prison on Friday, saying that it was "so good to be home"...
prisoner swap

Who is the Russian ‘Merchant of Death’ the U.S. Exchanged for Brittney Griner? 

Russia and the U.S. on Thursday conducted a one-for-one prisoner swap that secured the release of American basketball star Brittney Griner in exchange...
new expectations

Russia Says Hopes for Prisoner Swap with U.S.

Russia said Friday it hoped the United States will return notorious Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout in a prisoner swap after American basketball star...
strict regime

Jailed Kremlin Critic Navalny Returned to Solitary Confinement for Seventh Time

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Tuesday that he had been placed in solitary confinement for the seventh time in several months.  The opposition...
Commuted Sentences

Russian Lawmakers Propose Granting Prisoners Amnesty for Enlisting

  Russian lawmakers have proposed a bill that would allow the granting of amnesties to prisoners enlisting to fight in Ukraine, according to Senator...
Communication channel

Russia 'Ready' to Discuss Prisoner Swap After Griner Jailed

A Putin-Biden communication channel on prisoner exchanges is still functional, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
On the table

Resuming Talks With Russia, U.S. Offers 'Substantial' Deal on Prisoners

U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken said he expected a telephone call "in the coming days" with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Fatal abuse

Prison Torture Victim Dies From Pneumonia – Reports

Makarov was 29 at the time of his death from double pneumonia in a hospital bed.
Soldiers of fortune

Kremlin Spokesman Says Americans Captured in Ukraine Committed 'Crimes'

“They are not [in the] Ukrainian army, so they are not subject to the Geneva Conventions.”
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