MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States embassy in Russia said on Wednesday that Moscow had failed to provide any evidence to support espionage charges against Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, and that the case was about the Kremlin using U.S. citizens to achieve its political objectives. In a statement on the first day of …
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YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) -A shaven-headed Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors on Wednesday in a Russian court where the U.S. journalist is accused of spying. Prosecutors say the Wall Street Journal reporter gathered secret information on the orders of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency about a company that manufactures tanks for Russia’s war …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court has extended the pre-trial detention of two journalists accused by the authorities of taking part in the activities of an “extremist” organisation founded by late opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Moscow’s Basmanny court said in a statement late on Tuesday that the detention of Konstantin Gabov, a freelance journalist who …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy presented the new joint forces commander on Wednesday to troops defending the eastern frontline region of Donetsk. Zelenskiy announced on Monday he was appointing Brigadier-General Andriy Hnatov to the post, which involves strategic planning of operations, replacing Lieutenant-General Yuri Sodol who had faced criticism over serious military setbacks. Hnatov’s …
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(Reuters) – Julian Assange, founder of whistleblower media group WikiLeaks, is due to strike a plea bargain this week that would free him from jail and allow him to return home to Australia after a 14-year-long legal saga. WHAT IS WIKILEAKS? On its website, WikiLeaks says it is a multinational media organisation that specialises in …
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By Kirsty Needham CANBERRA (Reuters) – Julian Assange’s father, John Shipton, could breathe a massive sigh of relief on Wednesday after a decade-long campaign to free his son. The WikiLeaks founder on Wednesday was released by a court on the U.S. Pacific island territory of Saipan after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law. Assange’s …
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(Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine each handed back 90 prisoners of war on Tuesday in the latest of several periodic swaps in their 28-month-old conflict, with the United Arab Emirates overseeing the exchange as an intermediary. The last exchange took place on May 31, when each side handed over 75 prisoners of war, also with the …
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The risks to humanitarian workers in Gaza are intolerable, the United Nations said on Tuesday as it pressed Israel for more effective coordination with the aid groups, approval for the U.N. to use essential security equipment and for the Israeli military to facilitate aid deliveries. “Humanitarian operations have …
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By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -Interpol’s executive committee on Tuesday for the first time elected a police official from a developing nation to head the international police agency, Valdecy Urquiza from Brazil. Urquiza, 43, who is currently Interpol’s vice president for the Americas and head of international cooperation at the Brazilian federal police, will succeed …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said it succeeded in mediating an exchange of 180 prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine, the state news agency WAM said on Tuesday. The Emirati foreign ministry said the mediation succeded because the UAE leveraged “its distinct ties and partnership with both sides, including as a reliable …
