Mirror, Mirror on the World Stage: Are Russian and Western Tactics More Alike Than We Think?

Mirror, Mirror on the World Stage: Are Russian and Western Tactics More Alike Than We Think?

It’s fair to say that Russia is not the most popular country in the West these days. It’s president, Vladimir Putin, is often portrayed as a kind of mafia boss/KGB agent hybrid and, in fairness, its not hard to see why. A brief step back however allows us to see that many of the more … Read more

News Corp beats revenue estimates as digital subscriptions grow

News Corp beats revenue estimates as digital subscriptions grow

News Corp beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue on Thursday, boosted in part by digital subscription growth at its Dow Jones business. The New York-based media giant — which owns The Post, The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones — said revenue in the quarter ended June 30 jumped 6% to $2.58 billion, compared … Read more

Americans released in prisoner swap with Russia celebrate emotional return

Americans released in prisoner swap with Russia celebrate emotional return

Americans released in prisoner swap with Russia celebrate emotional return – CBS News Watch CBS News Marine veteran Paul Whelan, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, all of whom were wrongfully detained in Russia, are back in the U.S. after being part of a complex swap involving a total of two … Read more

Russian stock market hacker freed in prisoner swap found guilty in Boston last year

Russian stock market hacker freed in prisoner swap found guilty in Boston last year

A millionaire Russian businessman sentenced in Boston to nine years in jail for a massive stock market hacking scheme was freed in this week’s prisoner swap, and his local lawyer says he may not have to pay restitution. Vladislav Klyushin, 42, of Moscow, who has ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the country’s military … Read more

U.S., Russia prisoner swap secures release of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others

U.S., Russia prisoner swap secures release of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others

After a historically complex, monthslong negotiation involving more than six countries and two dozen prisoners, the Biden administration on Thursday announced it had secured the release of three American citizens from Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine veteran Paul Whelan and Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, all of whom are expected to arrive … Read more

Russia sentences U.S. man Robert Woodland to prison on drug charges

Russia sentences U.S. man Robert Woodland to prison on drug charges

A Russian court has sentenced an American man to 12 and a half years in prison on drug charges, his lawyer told the Reuters news agency on Thursday. Robert Woodland, who’s believed to be a U.S.-Russian dual national who was living outside Moscow and working as a teacher, was detained in January and has been … Read more

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges

Yekaterinburg, Russia — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest in the Ural Mountains city on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. The 32-year-old journalist appeared in the court in a glass defendants’ cage, his … Read more

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s trial on bogus charges will be held behind closed doors amid fears of Putin stitch up

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s trial on bogus charges will be held behind closed doors amid fears of Putin stitch up

EVAN Gershkovich’s sham trial on bogus espionage charges will be held behind closed doors. The innocent American, 32, has been wrongly accused by Vladimir Putin’s crooks of collecting “secret information” for the CIA. 4 US journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested on bogus espionage charges in April last year and has been held in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo prison ever … Read more

1 year after Evan Gershkovich’s arrest in Russia, Biden vows to “continue working every day” for his release

1 year after Evan Gershkovich’s arrest in Russia, Biden vows to “continue working every day” for his release

Washington — President Biden pledged Friday to “continue working every day” to secure the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from Russian detention, as the American journalist’s time imprisoned in Russia hit the one-year mark. “We will continue to denounce and impose costs for Russia’s appalling attempts to use Americans as bargaining chips,” Mr. … Read more