They said they worry it could "encourage" Russian President Putin to take more hostages.Andrei Pivovarov ... were among those freed in the largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War.

As the three Americans freed from Russia in a prisoner swap ... IRS fines and fees racked up during the time they were ...

Authorities said the special forces operation had freed some hostages and ... employees and four convicts had been taken hostage. Some reports in Russian media suggested that the prison's director ...

Russia has been pushing back Ukrainian troops ... Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, whose presidency was marred by the 444-day Iran hostage crisis, has died at age 100 after receiving hospice ...

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war in the latest such swap that released hundreds of captives and was ...

Yashin said he had not wanted to leave Russia even for freedom, saying such exchanges "encourage Putin to take more hostages". "I understood my imprisonment not only as a fight against the war but ...

Russian special forces freed two prison guards and shot dead six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group who had taken them hostage at a detention centre in the southern city of Rostov ...

President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he had a "very good talk" with Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, about ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 189 Ukrainian prisoners, including military personnel, border guards and ...

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who was released in a prisoner swap by Moscow in August, has been placed on Russia's "wanted" list, according to an interior ministry database seen by AFP ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war in the latest such swap that saw the release of hundreds ...