U.S.A/Russia

There has been speculation over why Tucker Carlson is in Moscow. Now he has revealed why he is there.

Mr. Carlson would be the first American media figure to land a formal interview with President Vladimir Putin since he invaded Ukraine nearly two years ago.

RFE’s Alsu Kurmasheva is reportedly suspected of gathering sensitive military data

Visual evidence from a remote base in the Arctic shows launch preparations mirroring those that preceded earlier tests.

The region is a good spot to nurture spies

Reed had been arrested in Moscow in 2019 and the State Department considered him wrongfully detained. 

Russia’s FSB caught Evan Gershkovich “red-handed,” Putin’s spokesman has claimed

Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage claims

The American is suspected of gathering data on “biological topics,” Russia’s Federal Security Service says

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., also argued that Whelan’s release should have been part of prisoner swap.

The Russian was exchanged for basketball player Brittney Griner, after spending more than a decade behind bars in the US

Jailed women’s basketball star Brittney Griner appealed against her nine-year prison sentence on Tuesday

The Russian leader delights in Cold War-style trades.

The interests of both sides must be taken into account during talks on a possible exchange, Moscow says

Washington has reportedly offered Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in exchange for the basketball player Brittney Griner and convicted spy Paul Whelan

Company says flow would fall to 33 million cubic metres per day starting Wednesday

US citizens traveling to Russia could be “wrongfully detained” on “spurious charges,” the State Department has warned

Handwritten letter from women’s basketball star, on trial in Russia on drug charges, is delivered to White House

Russians feel the impact of Western economic measures, but it's far from unbearable

A Ukrainian soldier walks along a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists, not far from town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, on December 10, 2021.