Alsu Kurmasheva is a Prague-based Russian-American journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir Service. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is funded by the United States government.
Alsu has been detained in Kazan, Russia since October 18, 2023, while she visited her mother, who was ill, on the charge of failing to register as a foreign agent. Journalists are not safe in Russia, as we know from the case of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Moscow despite the fact he was authorized to work as a journalist in Russia. Evan’s pre-trial detention was extended an additional three months last week. He is held on espionage charges, which are denied by Evan, the Wall Street Journal, his family, and the State Department.
Alsu is also accused of disseminating false information about the Russian military in a book she helped edit that…
