A Siberian cult leader who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian prison camp after his conviction for physically and financially harming his followers.

The death of Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison in the Arctic last year sparked an outcry around the world. He was compared to Nelson Mandela as a prisoner of conscience. While behind bars, he ...

Laboratory tests of smuggled samples taken from late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny show that he was poisoned when he was imprisoned in a Siberian penal colony, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has ...

The Russian government, facing mounting losses in Ukraine, appears to be intensifying its coercive recruitment tactics targeting prisoners, conscripts, and ethnic minorities from remote regions and ...

(Reuters) -A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp on Monday after being convicted of harming his followers' health and financial ...

BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - EU countries on Thursday formally adopted a 19th package of sanctions against Russia for its war ...

A French ultra-distance cyclist has been released from custody in Russia with a fine after almost two months in prison. The ...

Russia's domestic intelligence agency says that tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky's ties to an anti-war group ...