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Freed 'Washington Post' reporter Evan Gershkovich recounts FSB plot behind Russia arrest

US reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia in 2023 and now believes he was a victim of an elaborate sting operation by Russia's federal security service.

FILE PHOTO: One year since Gershkovich's arrest, a billboard seen in Times Square, New York City
US President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, US, September 22, 2026.

Trump expresses optimism on Ukraine peace deal at UN summit with Zelensky, says Putin will meet

Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025.

Witkoff, Kushner heading abroad to discuss Ukraine peace, Trump says

An illustration of silhouettes of US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin over a background of their countries flags.

Russia, US see grounds for financial ties, Russian finance minister says following G20 meeting


Ultra-nationalists aim to restrict travel for Russian officials' families

RIA reported that restrictions may also affect, among others, law enforcement officers, judges, top managers of state corporations, and the board of directors of the Central Bank.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) leader Leonid Slutsky at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 13, 2023

Russia said to step up Syria airstrikes, disputes crisis at home - analysis

Russia appeared weak as it faced internal chaos. This could be a reason for these new rounds of airstrikes.

Sukhoi Su-35 jet fighters of the Russian Knights aerobatic team perform during International military-technical forum "Army-2020" at Kubinka airbase in Moscow Region August 25, 2020

Russian agents attempted assassination of CIA informant in US

This attempted assassination on American soil adds to the growing list of accusations against Russia regarding assassinations abroad. 

 Russian and US state flags fly near a factory in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia March 27, 2019

Russia warns Ukraine against striking Crimea with US, British missiles

Kyiv says it wants to reclaim all of its territory, including the Crimean peninsula

 Rescuers work at the site of residential houses heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine June 14, 2023.

New US military aid to Ukraine pushes Washington deeper in conflict - Russia

"The United States is getting deeper and deeper into the abyss of the Ukrainian crisis," Antonov was quoted as saying in a post on the embassy's Telegram messaging channel.

 A Ukrainian serviceman with the "5 Separate Assault Brigade", fires an RPG on a training ground, amid Russia?s attack on Ukraine, in the region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 6, 2023.

US House unanimously backs measure urging Russia to release WSJ reporter

The United States says Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained and has called for his immediate release.

 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in March while on a reporting trip and charged with espionage, stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his detention, in Moscow, Russia April 18, 2023

Moscow court detains US citizen on drug charges

If found guilty, he can face up to 12 years in prison.

 A courthouse in Moscow, Russia.

Russia says West trying to confuse the world over Nord Stream culprits

Russia has repeatedly said the West was behind the blasts affecting the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines last September.

 PIPES AT the landfall facilities of the ‘Nord Stream 1’ gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany: European Union nations have shrunk away from energy independence for years, groveling to projects such as Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, says the writer.

Russia's FSB says US penetrated thousands of Apple phones in spy plot

The FSB said that several thousand Apple phones had been infected, including phones of foreign diplomats from NATO members, Israel, Syria and China.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB) collegium in Moscow, Russia, February 28, 2023.

US woman who accused Biden of sexual assault seeks Russian citizenship

Reade made the decision to move to Russia after allegedly receiving warnings that her life and freedom were at risk in the US.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks at the White House, in April 2023.