Every U.S. administration has a lot to manage, and the case of a single American unjustly detained abroad can slip down the agenda. But members of Congress are tasked with helping their constituents and, ultimately, it is the decision of the president to approve hostage recovery efforts.
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A Russian court sentenced an American man to six years in prison for trying to take his 4-year-old son out of Russia illegally.
By June 2024 | Gordon Black
A Russian court sentenced an American man to six years in prison for trying to take his 4-year-old son out of Russia illegally.
By July 2024 | Michael Travis Leake
A Russian court sentenced an American man to six years in prison for trying to take his 4-year-old son out of Russia illegally.
By July 2024 | Robert Romanov Woodland
A Russian court sentenced an American man to six years in prison for trying to take his 4-year-old son out of Russia illegally.
By February 2024 | Ksenia Karelina
A Russian court sentenced an American man to six years in prison for trying to take his 4-year-old son out of Russia illegally.
By February 2024 | David Barnes
A Russian court sentenced an American man to six years in prison for trying to take his 4-year-old son out of Russia illegally.
By August 2023 | Eugene Spector
A Russian court sentenced an American man to six years in prison for trying to take his 4-year-old son out of Russia illegally.
By October 2022 | Robert Gilman
A Russian court sentenced an American man to six years in prison for trying to take his 4-year-old son out of Russia illegally.
By August 2021| Marc Fogel
A Russian court sentenced an American man to six years in prison for trying to take his 4-year-old son out of Russia illegally.
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