Russian court extends detention of US-Russian journalist working for Radio Liberty
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A Russian court has extended the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, Russian state news agency TASS reported from the courtroom Monday.
A Russian court has extended the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, Russian state news agency TASS reported from the courtroom Monday. Kurmasheva, the editor for the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), will now be detained until June 5, for failing to register as a foreign agent, according to TASS. She is not feeling well physically and the conditions she is in make it impossible for her to take care of her health, Kurmasheva told journalists Monday, according to TASS. “The cell is 5 square meters (about 54 square feet) long for the two people, there is no hot water, instead of a toilet there is a hole in the floor. There is not even half a meter (1.6 feet) of floor space to walk on,” she was also cited as saying. According to her employer, a US-funded media outlet, Kurmasheva was originally detained in June 2023 in the Russian city of Kazan while waiting for a return flight to the Czech Republic, where she was based. She had arrived in Russia in May due to an urgent family matter. Kazan airport employees initially confiscated both of her passports and, soon after, she was fined for failing to register her American passport with the Russian authorities, RFE/RL said. Kurmasheva was waiting for the return of her passports when new charges were announced in October, accusing her of failing to register as a foreign agent.
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