The numbers come as the country remains deeply shaped by war, repression and tightening security laws. Independent analysts say the trend marks a significant shift in how Russian courts are being used ...

An American was sentenced Tuesday to four years in jail in Russia for allegedly trying to fly out of an airport in Moscow with the stocks of Kalashnikov assault rifles in his suitcase, a report said.

The case is part of a broader wave of prosecutions targeting Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) captured during Ukraine's ...

WARSAW, April 16 (Reuters) - A ⁠court ⁠in Russian‑controlled Luhansk ⁠sentenced a Polish citizen to ​13 years in a maximum-security penal colony ‌for participating in armed ‌conflict on the side of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Russian court has convicted five Ukrainian prisoners of war captured during Ukraine's incursion into Kursk Oblast, handing down ...

A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison. Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the ...

A Russian court on Monday sentenced former US marine Paul Whelan to 16 years in a penal colony for espionage in a case that strained ties with Washington and fuelled speculation of a prisoner swap.

MOSCOW(AP) — A Russian court has convicted and sentenced an American on charges of illegally transporting weapons, court officials revealed Monday. Chuck Zimmerman, 58, was handed a 5-year sentence by ...

Moscow’s Basmanny Court sentenced actor Artur Smolyaniov in absentia to eight years in prison on charges of spreading “false ...