Russia sentenced a woman to 12 years in prison for donating $51 to a Ukrainian charity

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Russian-American dual citizen Ksenia Karelina, accused of treason for making a donation to a charity supporting Ukraine, attends a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Russian-American dual citizen Ksenia Karelina was accused of treason for making a donation to a charity supporting Ukraine.

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Speculation mounts that a US-Russia prisoner swap is in the works

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Evan Gershkovich
Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was detained in Russia in March 2023.

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Russia recruiting female convicts into the military report says, as the role of women in the Ukraine war expands

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Female Russian soldiers during the rehearsals for the Victory Day Military Parade
Female Russian soldiers during the rehearsals for the Victory Day Military Parade, April 18, 2022.

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Russia hands over hundreds of Ukrainian POWs in the war's largest prisoner swap, including troops who fought in the earliest battles

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Ukrainians embrace after a prisoner swap with Russia.
Ukrainians embrace after a prisoner swap with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy via Telegram

Hostages and prisoners released amid cease-fire in Gaza

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Hamas agreed to release dozens of Israeli hostages in exchange for over 100 Palestinian prisoners. The temporary cease-fire allowed time for aid trucks to enter Gaza.

Hidden investors took over Corizon Health, a leading prison healthcare company. Then they deployed the Texas Two-Step.

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Victim William Kelly standing on a porch.
William Kelly, of Saginaw, Michigan, struggles with constant pain from kidney cancer that progressed from stage 1 to stage 4 while he was under the care of Corizon Health in a Michigan prison. He's one of at least 475 people with active suits against Corizon claiming negligent care. All are now stayed.

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The mother of a Russian prisoner recruited to fight in Ukraine said she got a government letter saying her son died the day he left jail

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Russian servicemen take part in military exercises at the Uspenovskyi training ground outside the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on September 4, 2022.

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