Russia and the U.S. have discussed the possibility of conducting another prisoner exchange, Russian special envoy Kirill ...

Russia has sentenced two 74-year-old men to three years in prison this week for practicing their Jehovah's Witness religion, ...

Russia's prison authority has this month issued tenders for the purchase of hundreds of tasers, smoke grenades and protective ...

Maria Alyokhina, founding member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, joins Vitaly in the Ukrainecast studio to talk about her experience in detention and her escape from the coun ...

LONDON -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent was sentenced Friday to an additional 19 years behind bars on extremism charges. A Russian judge delivered the guilty verdict and ...

A Russian court has extended the jailing of an 18-year-old street singer on charges seen as punishment for performing ...

Osechkin sought political asylum in France after fleeing Russia under pressure from authorities over his prison activism. His group routinely publishes videos and accounts of alleged torture and ...

A Russian soldier convicted of executing a captured Ukrainian serviceman has been handed a life sentence, the first time ...