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Russian drone factory chief wounded in car blast: State media

The head of a Russian drone factory was seriously injured in a car explosion. Vladimir Tkachuk, 35, is in intensive care after the incident near Yekaterinburg. His company produces drones used in the conflict in Ukraine. This follows another attack on a Russian defense official last week. Ukraine has not…

The Economic Times · Aug 5

Why are ties between Azerbaijan and Russia fraying?

After ethnic Azeri suspects died during apparently violent raids in a Russian city, Baku has lashed out at Moscow.

Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2025

Azerbaijan cancels Russian cultural events over deaths of two citizens

Baku has cancelled all Russian cultural events in protest over the deaths of two Azerbaijanis during police raids in Yekaterinburg, demanding justice.

Euronews · Jun 30, 2025

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US-Russian Woman Freed In Prisoner Swap After Treason Conviction In Russia

She was arrested in February 2024 while visiting her family in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

International Business Times · Apr 10, 2025

Who is Evan Gershkovich? The reporter falsely jailed by Russia at centre of US-Moscow prisoner exchange

The Wall Street Journal reporter always felt the pull of his parents’ homeland, believing his Russian language skills and knowledge put him in a unique position to explain the country to the outside world. But, as Chris Stevenson writes, he would end up convicted on trumped-up spying charges

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2024

Russian court seeks 18-year prison sentence for detained US reporter Gershkovich

Russia is seeking 18-year prison term for Evan Gershkovich, whose closed-door trial on charges of espionage is nearing its end. The Wall Street Journal reporter, who’s 32, has rejected the charges, as have his employers and the White House.

France 24 · Jul 19, 2024

A US journalist goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges that he and his employer deny

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has gone on trial in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

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A look at Yekaterinburg, the Russian city where US reporter has gone on trial

Yekaterinburg, the industrial city where U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich is on trial, in located in Russia’s Ural Mountains east of Moscow

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

Russia starts US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s trial: What’s next for him?

The reporter was arrested in March last year on a reporting trip in Russia’s Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg.

Al Jazeera · Jun 26, 2024

Watch from court as US reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia for spying

Watch from outside court in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg as US reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial.

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

Russian American woman on trial for treason over $50 pro-Ukraine donation

Ksenia Karelina was detained in January during a trip to visit family and faces up to 20 years in prison

The Guardian - US · Jun 20, 2024

Russian American Dual Citizen Faces Treason Trial In Russia

Russian American dual citizens face treason and espionage charges in Yekaterinburg amid escalating U.S.-Russia tensions and crackdown on dissent.

Russia sets date for closed-door trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich

Evan Gershkovich was detained in March 2023 accused of ‘spying’ on a Russian defence enterprise in Yekaterinburg.

Al Jazeera · Jun 17, 2024

US Reporter Gershkovich To Go On Trial In Russia On June 26

US journalist Evan Gershkovich will go on trial on espionage charges in Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg behind closed doors on June 26, the court overseeing the process said on Monday.

International Business Times · Jun 17, 2024

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The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

U.S. journalist who’s been jailed in Russia for over a year will finally face trial on espionage charges

Russion officials said Evan Gershkovich’s indictment has been finalized

Russian Candidate Boris Nadezhdin Gains Surprising Support for Presidential Bid

Thousands of Russians are standing in long lines in freezing temperatures to sign petitions supporting an unlikely challenger to President Putin.

France 24 · Sep 5, 2023

Fatal stabbing of Gabonese student highlights 'daily' racism faced by Africans in Russia

François Ndzhelassili, a doctoral student from Gabon at the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, was killed on August 18 by a group of Russian men after they harassed him and called him racial slurs. The murder is just the latest case of discrimination and violence against Black people living…

Newslaundry · Jul 14, 2023

Biden says ‘serious’ about prisoner swap to release US journalist held in Russia for ‘espionage’

More than 100 days after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia’s Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, US president Joe Biden has said that he is “serious” about a prisoner exchange as a step to free the journalist, AP News reported.

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Reuters · May 19, 2023

Former Russian mayor fined $3,245 for 'discrediting' army

Russian opposition politician Yevgeny Roizman was fined 260,000 roubles ($3,245) on Friday after a court found him guilty of "discrediting" the Russian army, Russian news agencies reported.

The Conversation · Apr 11, 2023

Evan Gershkovich: Wall Street Journal reporter latest in long line of journalists punished for doing their job

For the first time since the cold war, Moscow has accused a US journalist of espionage. Evan Gershkovich, a reporter with the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in Yekaterinburg on March 29 by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The reporter, a Russia specialist, insists he was there to report on…

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023

Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter on spy charges

Russia’s Federal Security Service said it has detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, in the city of Yekaterinburg on spying allegations.

WEKU · Mar 30, 2023

The U.S. condemns Russia's arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter

Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was on a reporting assignment in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg when he was detained by agents from Russia's Federal Security Service.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 30, 2023

Russia Arrests Wall Street Journal Reporter for Espionage

Russia’s top security agency says a reporter for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the top domestic security and counterintelligence agency that is the top successor agency to the Soviet era KGB, said Thursday that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the…

Reuters · Mar 30, 2023

US reporter's detention in Russia on spy charges widens rift between nuclear rivals

A Moscow court ruled that a U.S. journalist for the Wall Street Journal should be detained for nearly two months on suspicion of spying, the most serious move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine and one quickly condemned by Washington.

Daily Mirror · Mar 14, 2023

Thugs throw punches in bloody brawl on flight as kids scream in terror

Footage shows the brawl on board a Fly Dubai flight from Yekaterinburg, Russia, to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, with cabin crew left helpless as punches fly

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