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It is noted that the Ukrainian citizen Natalia Vovk escaped to Estonia after committing the murder of Darya Dugina

"If Estonia refuses to extradite the perpetrator Natalia Vovk to Russia - and there is little doubt that it will - we will have all the grounds for tough measures against Estonia as a state sheltering a terrorist," Vladimir Dzhabarov wrote on his Telegram channel

It was reported earlier in the day, that Natalia Vovk would be put on the wanted list and Russia would seek her extradition

The Russian president said that "the memory of Darya Dugina will forever be preserved by her relatives and friends, the people that shared her beliefs and associates"

A top Russian official said in late July that Moscow had charged 92 members of the Ukrainian armed forces with “crimes against the peace and security of mankind” and opened over 1,300 criminal investigations. Are there any grounds, and should we take this Russian move seriously?

Basketball star Brittney Griner's 9.5-year prison sentence for drug smuggling seems to align with established Russian drug laws.

Brittney Griner received a nine-year sentence from a Russian court for cannabis-oil possession.

Despite "megaphone diplomacy" of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as the trial of the WNBA star Brittney Griner nears end, policymakers are signaling

A sentence is yet to be announced. The prosecutor earlier requested the court to sentence Griner to 9.5 years in prison

As the Brittney Griner trial enters its closing phases in Moscow and Western media coverage is largely confined to gleaning information and insights from Russian media or American embassy personnel, questions naturally arise in two respects: first, is Russian criminal procedure fair, capable of producing a just outcome; second, has the Griner trial been conducted “by the book” — shorthand for the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure.