Facing nine years in prison in Russia, the U.S. basketball star is struggling emotionally and worried that a swap deal to release her may not materialize, according to one of her attorneys.
Tag: Russia
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How Russian Action Movies Are Selling War
For an American, it can be easy to forget how much ideology is packed into the genre — until you watch a film from elsewhere, and see their cartoonish heroes and villains.
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With Attacks, Russia’s Putin Is Trying to Terrorize Ukrainians
We are not back to the start of the war.
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What Russia’s Missile Strikes May Indicate About Its Weapons Stockpile
Russia’s assault on Ukraine on Monday raised questions about the capacity of Moscow’s forces to carry out President Vladimir V. Putin’s military calculations.
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With Attacks on Ukraine, Putin Gives Hard-Liners What They Wanted
A sharp shift toward deadly strikes signaled that domestic pressure over Russia’s flailing war effort had escalated to the point where Vladimir Putin felt a decisive show of force was necessary.