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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26, 2024. (AP)
June 26, 2024, 10:47 am
US journalist Evan Gershkovich appears in Russian court for start of spy trial
Wall Street Journal reporter faces up to 20 years in prison if court finds him guilty, which is almost certain; publisher: ‘Sham trial, bogus charges that are completely trumped up’
By AP
Former US diplomat Bill Richardson speaks to reporters during a news conference in New York, November 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig/File)
September 3, 2023, 8:00 pm
Bill Richardson, the ‘Indiana Jones’ of US diplomacy, dies at 75
Veteran diplomat, known for head-to-head encounters with Washington’s strongman foes, dedicated latter stages of his career to freeing American hostages held by rivals
By Agencies
A picture taken on July 24, 2021 shows journalist Evan Gershkovich (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
March 30, 2023, 1:28 pm
Russia arrests US reporter for Wall Street Journal over alleged espionage
FSB says Russia-born Evan Geshkovich suspected of spying for Washington, detained in Yekaterinburg for gathering info ‘on an enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex’
By AFP
FILE: The US embassy in Moscow, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
January 13, 2023, 12:58 am
Russia releases US Navy veteran quietly held for past 9 months
Taylor Dudley let out of custody, with no announced prisoner swap, a month after WNBA star Britney Griner’s release; unclear why he was detained
By AFP
Mickey Bergman, vice president and executive director of the Richardson Center, speaking at an event for families of imprisoned Venezuelans, in an undated photo. (Courtesy: Mickey Bergman)
December 12, 2022, 7:30 pm
Practicing ‘fringe diplomacy,’ Israeli negotiator secured release of Brittney Griner
Mickey Bergman of the Richardson Center, which specializes in freeing American political prisoners, tells Times of Israel about the talks leading to the basketball player’s release
By Tal Schneider
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner speaks to her lawyers standing in a cage at a court room prior to a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, July 26, 2022 (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
December 8, 2022, 6:25 pm
Russia releases WNBA star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap with US
Biden announces basketball player returning home in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout; jailed former marine not freed as part of deal
By AFP
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is seen on the bottom part of a TV screen as she waits to appear in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service a courtroom prior to a hearing at the Moscow Regional Court in Moscow, Russia, October 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
October 25, 2022, 7:32 pm
Russia rejects US basketball player Brittney Griner’s appeal of 9-year sentence
Ahead of court hearing, imprisoned athlete ‘begs’ for lighter sentence, saying ongoing saga has been ‘very, very stressful and very traumatic’
By AFP
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is seen on the bottom part of a TV screen as she waits to appear in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service a courtroom prior to a hearing at the Moscow Regional Court in Moscow, Russia, October 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
October 25, 2022, 1:31 pm
Russian court hears appeal by imprisoned WNBA star Griner against 9-year sentence
US basketball champion is appealing her conviction for drug possession after she was found with cannabis oil vape canisters at Moscow airport
By AP
US President Joe Biden listens to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, September 16, 2022. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
September 17, 2022, 7:54 am
Biden meets with relatives of Americans imprisoned by Russia
‘Every minute they are being held is a minute too long,’ White House says of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan as US works for their release
By AFP
US basketball star Brittney Griner waits for a verdict inside a defendants' cage during a hearing in Khimki, outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/AFP)
August 4, 2022, 8:20 pm
Russia convicts US basketball star Griner on drug charges, sentences her to 9 years
2-time Olympic winner pleads guilty to ‘honest mistake’ of having small amount of cannabis oil; conviction raises speculation about prisoner exchange with US
By victoria LOGUINOVA-YAKOVLEVA
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meet on the sidelines of an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting, in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2, 2021. (Jonathan Nackstrand/Pool Photo via AP)
July 29, 2022, 10:01 pm
Blinken warns Lavrov against Ukraine annexation, in first call since invasion
Top US diplomat doesn’t reveal how Lavrov responded to talks, says he also pressed him on prisoner swaps, grain shipments through Black Sea
By Agencies
Naama Issachar in an interview broadcast July 13, 2022 (Screen grab/NBC News)
July 14, 2022, 10:19 am
Naama Issachar speaks for 1st time: My detention in Russia was a political ‘game’
Israeli-American backpacker eventually pardoned by Putin gives interview as US basketball player Brittney Griner suffers similar ordeal: ‘I know what she’s going through’
By ToI Staff and AP
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
July 7, 2022, 10:53 am
US working to get WNBA player Brittney Griner home from Russia, Biden tells her wife
US president’s conversation with Cherelle Griner follows detained basketball player’s personal appeal to White House; spouse ‘grateful’ for outreach, but will maintain pressure
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
July 5, 2022, 9:29 am
‘I’m terrified’: WNBA star detained in Russia appeals to Biden for help
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner, 31, was arrested on February 17 on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for her Russian team
By DOUG FEINBERG
Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury handles the ball during Game Three of the 2021 WNBA semifinals in Tempe, Arizona, October 3, 2021. (Christian Petersen / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
March 7, 2022, 10:22 am
Former US basketball star held in Russia on drug charges
Arrest last month of WNBA’s Brittney Griner only announced Sunday; Ekaterinburg player had cannabis oil in luggage, Russia says, potentially putting her in prison for 10 years
By Agencies
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