Dissidents freed in prisoner swap vow to keep up fight against Putin, recount details of release
When Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was suddenly moved to a detention center in Moscow from his Siberian prison, he thought he was being taken from his cell to be shot.
Things to know about the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history
The U.S. and Russia completed on Thursday their largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, a deal involving 24 people, many months of negotiations and concessions from other European countries who released individuals in their custody as part of the exchange.
Russia releases US journalist and other Americans and dissidents in massive 24-person prisoner swap
The United States and Russia have made their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history.
US lawmakers urge release of Russia critic Kara-Murza on the anniversary of his imprisonment
Members of Congress on Tuesday are calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. The renewed calls from lawmakers have come on the second anniversary of his imprisonment, part of the Kremlin’s relentless crackdown on critics of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
What's life like for Russia's political prisoners? Isolation, poor food and arbitrary punishment
For political prisoners, life in Russia’s penal colonies and labor camps is a grim reality of physical and psychological pressure, insufficient food, poor health care, sleep deprivation and arbitrary rules that are impossible to obey.
Inside Russia's penal colonies: A look at life for political prisoners caught in Putin's crackdowns
Alexei Navalny will spend his 47th birthday Sunday in a tiny prison cell with hardly any natural light.
Opposition figure's sentence underlines Russian intolerance
The 25-year treason sentence imposed on prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza on Monday was a particularly severe show of authorities’ intensifying intolerance of criticism of the war in Ukraine and other dissenting opinions.
US sanctions Russian officials over dissident's detention
The U.S. has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on five Russian officials and an expert witness involved in the incarceration of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician who has been imprisoned in Moscow since April for speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.