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Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. He stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible.

“The current situation in Syria compels us to ask for your help in find Austin and safely reuniting our family,” wrote Debra Tice, whose son went missing in Syria in 2012.

Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said the 11 Indian nationals and one Georgian were all employees at a restaurant in Gudauri, a popular ski resort near the Russian border.

Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest over the past months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that bomb threats made against polling places on Tuesday were of Russian origin and not credible.

U.S. intelligence officials say a video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors.”

$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.

Vladimir and Evgenia Kara-Murza came to the Bush Institute on Monday to speak at a policy event for the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations and make a guest appearance on the Bush Institute’s ‘The Strategerist’ podcast.

A former Russian political prisoner and his wife are in Dallas talking about their ordeal and the future of Russia. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker sad down with the Kara-Murzas.

Vladimir and Evgenia Kara-Murza came to the Bush Institute on Monday to speak at a policy event for the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations and make a guest appearance on the Bush Institute’s ‘The Strategerist’ podcast. Beforehand, the couple sat down for a 30-minute interview with NBC 5.

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 will announce a series of actions on Wednesday, two senior officials told NBC News.

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.

Americans wrongly imprisoned in Russia have returned to the United States after a prisoner swap on Thursday. NBC 5’s Evan Anderson has the details.

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.