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Reporter found guilty of spying in trial thought to have been rushed in preparation for prisoner swap

Evan Gershkovich, the 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter that Russia charged with espionage, could soon be sentenced in a fast-tracked trial condemned by the US as a Kremlin ploy to secure prisoner swaps with the West.

For three decades, European leaders have come and gone, but Alexander Lukashenko remains in absolute control of Belarus

Russia's expedited espionage trial of US reporter Evan Gershkovich reaches its final stages Friday in a case condemned as a sham by Washington.

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Moscow was rushing reinforcements to Donetsk and Kharkiv after unexpectedly high losses for limited advances.

Ukrainian president condemns Hungarian prime minister’s unilateral ‘peace mission’ to Moscow

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday slammed any attempts to cut deals with Moscow behind Kyiv's back, after Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

The past few days have marked a significant moment in the maritime war between Russia and Ukraine. On Monday July 15, Ukraine’s navy spokesman, Dmytro Pletenchuk, claimed: “The last patrol ship of the Black Sea fleet of the Russian Federation is bolting from our Crimea just now. Remember this day.”

Russia’s foreign minister has accused the United States of holding the entire West “at gunpoint” and impeding international cooperation at a U.N. event

The three former Soviet republics do not currently buy electricity from Russia, but remain physically connected to a grid