A court has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva of spreading false information about the Russian army.
FILE - Alsu Kurmasheva , an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service, attends a court hearing in Kazan, Russia on May 31, 2024. A Russia n court has convicted Kurmasheva of spreading false information about the Russia n army and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said Monday July 22, 2024. A court has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva , a Russia n-American journalist for the U.S.
"The only just outcome is for Alsu to be immediately released from prison by her Russian captors," he said in a statement. Later, she was also charged with spreading "false information" about the Russian military under legislation that effectively criminalized any public expression about the war in Ukraine that deviates from the Kremlin line.
Arrests of Americans are increasingly common in Russia, with nine U.S. citizens known to be detained there as tensions between the two countries have escalated over fighting in Ukraine.
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