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October 19, 2023

Russian American Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva Detained in Russia
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Russia has detained a Russian American journalist and charged her with
failing to register as a foreign agent. Alsu Kurmasheva is an editor
with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a U.S. government-funded news
service. The Committee to Protect Journalists demanded her immediate
release, adding in a statement, "Journalism is not a crime and
Kurmasheva's detention is yet more proof that Russia is determined to
stifle independent reporting." She's the second U.S. journalist detained
by Russia this year, after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich
was arrested in March on what the newspaper called trumped-up espionage
charges.


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