The sentencing of Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, occurred the same day that Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich was sentenced on espionage charges.
Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with U.S. government-financed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, attends a court hearing in Kazan, Russia, on April 1.
Kurmasheva, 47, an editor with U.S. government-financed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was convicted in a closed trial on Friday in Kazan, nearly 500 miles east of Moscow, the same day as Gershkovich’s conviction in Yekaterinburg, a city in the Urals. News of Kurmasheva’s conviction, however, emerged only Monday.
Russian officials have said that talks are underway with Washington about a potential prisoner exchange involving Gershkovich, but Moscow has stated repeatedly that a trade would be possible only after the conclusion of the trial. The unusually swift verdict in his case suggested potential developments in a trade. It was unclear whether Kurmasheva, too, has been the subject of such discussions.Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed.
Unlike Gershkovich, Kurmasheva has not been declared by the State Department to be wrongfully detained, for reasons that remain unclear.
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