Russia's prison population has decreased by more than 180,000 inmates over five years, a decline partly driven by Moscow's recruitment of prisoners to fight in Ukraine, the head of the country's ...

In letters sent to the BBC from prison, Hayden Davies says he has had no contact with British authorities.

Russia, which has a massive prison network inherited from Soviet labour camps, has one of the world's largest convict ...

Since the 2022 invasion, Moscow has been arresting citizens from the occupied territories en masse in an effort to crush all ...

Russia’s prison population has fallen to 282,000 over the past four and a half years, the director of the Federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arkady Gostev, head of Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service, was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison for creating a ...

Ukrainian soldier Serhii Hryhoriev said this so often during brief phone calls from the front that his wife and two daughters took it to heart. His younger daughter, Oksana, tattooed the phrase on her ...

GRANBURY, Texas — The world waits with anxiety to see what Russia’s next move will be. But few families feel the fear as deeply as Joey and Paula Reed. The Granbury couple’s son, Trevor, a 30-year-old ...

A Russian judge sentenced Olga Jezler to 10 years in prison on drug charges. Hostage advocacy groups say the charges are ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The Vladimir Central prison stands in ...