A prison once where the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny was shortly after returning to Russia in 2021 is set to shut ...

But having fallen into disrepair, Russia built a new prison, shut down Kresty and put the historic site on the market. In an auction on Friday it was sold it to the KVS development group for 1.1 ...

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are in Russian custody, some enduring torture—and there is no legal process for freeing them ...

“But my plans were derailed.” Karelina, 33, an amateur ballerina and esthetician is wasting away in a Russian prison, serving a 12-year sentence for treason over a $51 donation to a US based ...

SCHNEIDER’S STORY HAS APPEARED ON RUSSIAN STATE TV, DETAINED SINCE JULY 2023. HE IS SERVING A SIX YEAR PRISON SENTENCE AFTER A JUDGE CONVICTED HIM ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSING ...

A notorious Russian prison complex that once housed jailed revolutionaries, toppled ministers and Soviet dissidents will be turned into a hotel, restaurants, museum and art gallery after being sold at ...