The Latest Breaking News on New case against jailed Kremlin critic Navalny goes to court next week

The case will be transfer to a special State Department unit that will "develop a strategy to secure" Gershkovich's release.

The Biden administration formally determined on Monday that a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on espionage charges has been “wrongfully detained”.

Russian legislators on Friday proposed tougher sentences for those convicted of terrorism, high treason and sabotage, domestic news agencies reported, a move officials have been cited as saying was prompted by the war in Ukraine.

Evan Gershkovich responded by entering his official denial.

The White House has listed the reporter as “wrongfully detained”

‘Let there be no mistake: journalism is not a crime,’ party leaders say

Russia today formally charged Wall Street Journal journalist, Evan Gershkovich, with espionage after he was detained on Wednesday, March 29

Alexei Moskalyov, a Russian man who was charged with discrediting the country's army after his daughter drew an anti-war picture, is being held in Belarus, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported, citing the Russian embassy in the country.

Russian dissident Vladmir Osechkin spoke to FRANCE 24 from the French city of Biarritz, where he has been living in exile since 2015. The founder of Gulagu.net, an NGO that documents abuses in the Russian prison system, believes the Russian secret services "tried to organise his liquidation" in September 2022.…