Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia this year. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested for alleged spying in March.
In this handout, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty editor Alsu Kurmasheva poses for a photo during a work break in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 6, 2013.In this handout, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty editor Alsu Kurmasheva poses for a photo during a work break in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 6, 2013.A Russian-American journalist working for a U.S.
Tatar-Inform posted video showing Kurmasheva being marched into an administrative building accompanied by four men, two of them wearing balaclavas.Tatar-Inform said that authorities accused Kurmasheva of collecting information about Russia's military activities"in order to transmit information to foreign sources," suggesting that she received information about university teachers who were mobilized into the Russian army.
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow said it was aware of the reports of Kurmasheva's arrest."We have no higher priority than the safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas," said an embassy spokesperson who did not give further details.Kurmasheva, who lives in Prague with her family, was stopped at Kazan International Airport on June 2 after traveling to Russia for a family emergency on May 20, according to RFE/RL.
RFE/RL was told to register by Russian authorities as a foreign agent in 2017. It has brought a case at the European Court of Human Rights challenging Russia's use of foreign agent laws that resulted in the organization being fined millions of dollars. Arapova said Kurmasheva's case is quite different from that of Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter, even though she holds U.S. citizenship.
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