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...People familiar with the matter said there had been “discussions” in recent weeks for Russia to release Gershkovich, Navalny and US veteran Paul Whelan in return for Krasikov....
...Additional reporting by Raya Jalabi in Beirut, Mehul Srivastava in London and Felicia Schwartz in Capri Illustration by Ian Bott and cartography by Steven Bernard...
...Additional reporting for Felicia Schwartz in Washington...
...Letter in response to this report:A brilliant new economic theory / From Paul Browning, Oradell, NJ, US...
...US Marine veteran Paul Whelan was convicted of espionage charges in Russia in 2020, which he and the US vehemently deny, and is serving a 16-year sentence in a rural prison colony....
Joe Biden says action is response to ‘unprecedented’ attacks by Iran-backed militia on ships in the Red Sea
US president’s unusually blunt comments are strongest sign yet of tensions between the two allies
...Josh Paul, a former civil servant in the political-military affairs bureau at State, resigned in protest in October and says there remains strong disagreement inside the government over Biden’s handling...
...Letter in response to this article: Armchair generals should leave battlefield to the IDF / From Paul Bloustein, Cincinnati, OH, US...
Pledges fall short of Kyiv’s goal of securing an invitation to join Nato
UK defence secretary Ben Wallace says western backers want ‘gratitude’ as Zelenskyy pushes for more
Statement says Kyiv’s ‘future’ lies in military alliance, but issue has exposed divisions among members
Alliance warns of ‘new risks for escalation’ after Moscow pulled out of grain export deal
...Additional reporting by Felicia Schwartz in Washington Letter in response to this article: US may rule the waves, but who’s really benefiting? / From Norman Fontaine, Rockwall, TX, US...
Membership represents the long-term security that Kyiv wants and was promised 15 years ago. But Russia’s war has complicated things
...US officials said they continue to engage Russia on the release of other Americans unjustly held in Russian detention, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan...
...US officials said they continue to engage Russia on the release of other Americans unjustly held, including Evan Gershkovich, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, and Paul Whelan, another ex-marine....
Chinese officials privately take credit for convincing Russian leader to back down from veiled atomic threats
...of the craft, OceanGate, confirmed the five people on board — its chief executive Stockton Rush, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, British businessman Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri...
Power struggle pits well-armed conventional military against mobile paramilitary fighters
...Can Harvey Schwartz restore Carlyle to greatness?...
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