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$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 is the number a Moscow court wants the YouTube parent company to pay for blocking Russian media outlets. It is a sum “filled with symbolism,” the Kremlin told NBC News on Thursday.

A Russian court ordered Google to pay 20 decillion for removing Russian TV channels from YouTube after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Former Marine Paul Whelan said he was devastated when he learned Brittney Griner would be released from Russian detention and he would not be, NBC News reports.

The FBI said that the websites were part of a spear phishing campaign.

U.S. officials on Friday accused RT of carrying out covert information warfare operations around the world as an arm of Russia’s spy agencies.

The administration announced a series of actions Wednesday in response to alleged efforts by Russian actors to influence U.S. public opinion.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced 92 additions to its list of Americans banned from entering the country.

Ksenia Karelina was visiting family in Russia when investigators searched her phone and found she had donated to a Ukrainian charity.

Amina Abakarova faces a possible lifetime ban and potential criminal proceedings, Russian authorities said, after the incident during a tournament last week.

Three former Russian prisoners are back on American soil after a prisoner swap. NBC10’s Brian Sheehan was there as they were reunited with their families. 

Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva arrived in San Antonio, Texas, early Friday morning after being freed from Russian prisons in a mass prisoner swap.

“Yeah, it’s overwhelming,” Evan Gershkovich said as he spoke to reporters amid cheers.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan spoke about what it felt like to be back on American soil after their release in a historic Russian prisoner swap that included several other countries. NBC10’s Brenna Weick reports.

The U.S. and Russia completed on Thursday their largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, a deal involving 24 people.

Thursday’s swap of 24 prisoners surpassed a deal involving 14 people that was struck in 2010.

Four wrongly imprisoned US residents are expected to land on American soil after a historic prisoner swap involving America and Russia. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are expected to greet them as they arrive. NBC10’s Brian Sheehan has the details.

Families waiting for loved ones wrongfully imprisoned in Russia will soon welcome them home now that the prisoners have been released. Four US residents, including New Jersey native Evan Gershkovich, were released today as part of a major prisoner swap. Gershkovich is a Wall Street journalist who was on assignment in Russia when he was accused of espionage. He was...

The United States and Russia have completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free.

WNBA star Brittney Griner was freed from Russian custody as part of a prisoner swap, but many, including Griner’s family, were quick to point out another American name was not listed as part of the deal.

A prisoner swap is underway between the United States, Russia, and other countries on Thursday, according to a senior Biden administration official.