Alsu Kurmasheva, who is a Prague-based editor for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and holds dual Russian and U.S. citizenship, was arrested while in Russia to see family members.
An undated photo of Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir Service who has been arrested in Russia. RIGA, Latvia — Russian authorities have arrested an editor for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, an American news outlet based in Prague and financed by the U.S. government, accusing her of collecting information about the Russia military that could damage the nation’s security.The editor, Alsu Kurmasheva, holds dual U.S.
Kurmasheva, who is based in Prague, also was charged with failing to register as a “foreign agent,” although she does not reside in Russia. She was initially detained in June, as she was waiting to fly out of Russia, after visiting the country for family reasons. Her employer, RFE/RL, has been designated a foreign agent by Russian authorities.RFE/RL is financed by the U.S. Congress through the United States Agency for Global Media, an independent federal government agency that oversees U.S.
Russia has used its “foreign agent” law to stifle Russian activists, independent media and human rights groups on the basis of any funding received from outside the country.
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