Russia might continue detaining an Australian man to carry out a high-profile prisoner swap in the future, an expert says.

It comes as the Russian embassy accuses Australian politicians and media of promoting an anti-Russian narrative.

Arrested in 2023, the lawyers were charged with extremism for relaying messages from Alexei Navalny while he was in prison ...

Jailed in 1978 for killing an Israeli bus driver, Nael Barghouti was freed in 2011 in a previous swap but re-arrested three ...

The swap is the latest effort by the Taliban to be seen as a serious international government, after their takeover caused an ...

The Russian man was accused of trying to transfer classified state secrets to an American intelligence representative.

Russia and Ukraine have conducted a prisoner exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates, signaling a rare instance of cooperation amidst ongoing conflict. The swap, facilitated by UAE diplomacy ...

A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism ...

MOSCOW, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 25 soldiers each in their latest prisoner swap mediated by the United Arab Emirates, the Russian defense ministry said Wednesday.

A prisoner swap involving as many as 30 people held by Russia, possibly including jailed Jewish American journalist Evan Gershkovich and Jewish dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, is reportedly underway.

A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban has freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure ...

The deal was struck for Khan Mohammad, a member of the Taliban serving two life sentences in a U.S. prison on ...