U.S.A/Russia

The move comes after the US imposed sanctions on several Russian media outlets, including RT

Eight Russian prisoners were released in the swap, including spies, agents and a convicted assassin.

Gershkovich, an American reporter, had been detained by Russia for 70 weeks

The exchange will reportedly involve Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and US Marine veteran Paul Whelan

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich – the son of Soviet emigrants – was arrested in the Urals region last year

Gershkovich, who faces up to 20 years in prison on charges U.S. rejects, to return to court Aug. 3

President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from providing its popular antivirus products in the United States over national security concerns, the US Commerce Department said.

Evan Gershkovich is accused of collecting intelligence about the Russian military industry

They discussed ‘new liberalism’ and its role in the fate of Western civilization

Evan Gershkovich was arrested in late March 2023 on a reporting trip in Russia

Russia will work with whoever the Americans elect, but has its preferences, Vladimir Putin has said

In an interview that lasted more than two hours, the Russian President aired well-trod grievances and gave a lecture full of spurious history meant to justify his war in Ukraine.

Moscow saw the interview as an opportunity to be heard in the West, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said

The billionaire will continue his technological developments, but rules must be established, the Russian leader has said

Moscow doesn’t want the world slipping into a global war, the Russian leader said

The conservative American journalist has visited Moscow to speak with the Russian leader

One of the last Western journalists to interview the Russian leader describes the Kremlin’s mind games, and how to discern journalism from propaganda.