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so well lose people, well lose weapons, and well lose our ability to defend. >> and that fact that the russian army is suffering these setbacks and that is fuelling anger, isnt it? not just amongst liberal but amongst hardliners as well. theyre furious? >> yeah. actually war activities, they are now really feeling betrayed and that there is a point where both liberal group of people and the pro-war group of people can have the same goal. >> reporter: unlike the early anti-war protester...

A new bipartisan bill recently proposed in Congress puts a bounty on the heads of any person or company that helps Russian oligarchs evade Western sanctions.

Marc Fogel, a 61-year-old teacher, was sentenced to 14 years in prison earlier this year

New markets and illicit tactics are part of Russia’s strategy for making up losses.

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ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Trevor Reed, a former Marine from Texas who served nearly three years in a Russian prison before he was freed in a prison swap this spring, said he is "cautiously optimistic" that a similar deal can be worked out in the high-profile cases of two other Americans currently detained in Russia. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced this week that the U.S. has offered Russia a proposal to bring WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan home. The Whi...

The trial of WNBA star Brittney Griner starts Friday in Russia, and the odds don't look good that she'll be set free at its conclusion. The 31-year-old WNBA star, arrested...

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is notoriously private.

As Western sanctions now have a stranglehold on the Russian economy, authorities have moved from a clampdown of Putin’s oligarch pals to his friends and…

What role has corruption played in shaping Russia and Ukraine’s diverging paths in recent decades? Thomas Firestone, a former DOJ lawyer posted in R...