Alsu Kurmasheva, who also holds Russian citizenship, has been charged with failing to register as a foreign agent.
Alsu Kurmasheva, a Czech Republic-based editor with RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir Service, traveled to Russia for a family emergency in May, the outlet said in a. It said that Kurmasheva was temporarily detained as she tried to leave the country in June, with authorities confiscating both her U.S. and Russian passports.
“Alsu is a highly respected colleague, devoted wife, and dedicated mother to two children,” said RFE/RL acting President Dr. Jeffrey Gedmin. “She needs to be released so she can return to her family immediately.”was arrested in March during a reporting trip to Russia. The U.S. citizen remains in pretrial detention on espionage charges. Both theand the U.S.
The outlet also published a video purportedly showing Kurmasheva being escorted into a building by four men wearing facial coverings. It said that she is being held “in a temporary detention center” and may yet face another criminal case for “publishing a book that portrays Russia’s special operation in Ukraine in a negative light.” nonprofit that the article of Russia’s criminal code under which Kurmasheva has been charged has not been used before.
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