A Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a “foreign agent,” her employer said Thursday.
A Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a "foreign agent," her employer said Thursday.
The detention of a Russian-American journalist jailed in Russia was extended Friday by three days, The Associated Press reported. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was arrested Wednesday in Kazan, Russia, on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent. Kurmasheva arrived in Russia in May due to…
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