Russia has sentenced an Australian man to 13 years in a maximum-security prison for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, ...

Russia has jailed Melbourne teacher Oscar Jenkins for 13 years for fighting with Ukrainian forces, prosecutors in occupied ...

Australian Oscar Jenkins has been sentenced by a Russian court to 13 years in a maximum-security prison for fighting with ...

Oscar Jenkins was found guilty and sentenced to 13-years jail by a court for taking part in an armed conflict as a mercenary, ...

Mercenaries are outlawed under international law. But Russia has misused the label to deny foreign fighters their protections as prisoners of war.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will raise efforts to free Melbourne teacher Oscar Jenkins from Russian custody with ...

Australia's foreign minister on Saturday condemned a 13-year prison sentence handed by a Russian court to an Australian ...

Richard Marles has refused to speculate on the prospects of a prisoner swap for Oscar Jenkins after a Russian court sentenced the Melbourne man to 13 years in a penal colony.

Oscar Jenkins, a 33-year-old former teacher from ... Through its embassy in Moscow, Australia can request access to detainees to assess their welfare while in prison. Russia can, however, decline ...

Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says his government “condemns” the sentence which has been handed down by Russian ...

Oscar Jenkins was serving with Ukraine’s military when he was captured by Russia last year as a prisoner of war.

Russia handed down the sentence on Friday and jailed the Melbourne teacher in a maximum security prison, a statement from the ...