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The Kremlin released Robert Gilman, whose family and an advocacy group had said he was in dire physical condition, on “a humanitarian basis,” President Trump said.
Gilman was arrested and detained in Russia in 2022, accused of assaulting a police officer following an incident on a train in Voronezh, to the south of Moscow.
NYTimes – World The Kremlin released Robert Gilman, whose family and an advocacy group had said he was in dire physical condition, on “a humanitarian basis,” President Trump said.
NYTimes – World The Kremlin released Robert Gilman, whose family and an advocacy group had said he was in dire physical condition, on “a humanitarian basis,” President Trump said.
NPR – Politics Republican Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the US Senate on Monday, casting his first vote after a three-month absence. The 84-year-old Kentucky lawmaker was hospitalised in June following a fall at home and said he was "briefly unconscious" during recovery. McConnell said he looked forward to being back on the Senate floor.
NYTimes – World The Danish prime minister has accused Russia of "reckless" behaviour, while the Kremlin is yet to comment.
NYTimes – US California governor Gavin Newsom said in a CNN interview that he will not run for president in 2028 if former vice-president Kamala Harris enters the race. Newsom, who is term-limited, called a potential matchup against fellow Californian Harris a waste of everybody's time. The comments appeared to conflict with his widely assumed presidential ambitions.
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