Tag: Russia
Paul Whelan’s brother slams Trump following Brittney Griner’s release from Moscow prison
“Trump appears to have mentioned my brother #PaulWhelan’s wrongful detention more in the last 24 hours than he did in the 2 years of his presidency…”
Excerpt from Joe Biden’s remarks on Brittney Griner’s release, RE: Paul Whelan
Brittney Griner lands in U.S. – “This was not a choice of which American to bring home.” ~ Biden
Record-breaking astronaut Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth aboard Russian spacecraft with cosmonaut crewmembers
… at a time when political tensions between the US and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are at an all-time low
Death of 20-year-old Olympic skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya in Moscow shrouded in mystery
Several reports state that the beloved skater committed suicide by jumping out of a window
Mariia Butina released from U.S. federal prison and deported to Russia
She was arrested in 2018 after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to act as a foreign agent in the U.S. She was facing up to 15 years in prison.