A court has ruled that MP Nestor Shufrych, who is suspected of high treason and is an MP from the now-banned pro-Russian ...
Petit treason referred to a wife’s killing her husband, or a servant’s or ecclesiastic’s killing his lord or master. High treason involved a breach between subject and sovereign, a betrayal ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill that broadened the definition of high treason, part of authorities' efforts to tighten control as the fighting in Ukraine is nearing ...
Russia on Friday sentenced a resident of east Ukraine's Lugansk region to 16 years in prison for "high treason," Moscow's FSB security service said. Moscow regularly hands heavy sentences to ...
Mohamed Bazoum was toppled as president more than two years after he took office Niger's military junta has announced plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers have approved a bill broadening the definition of high treason, which can bring a sentence of life in prison. It’s part of authorities’ efforts to tighten ...