[1/3] Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds Russian and U.S. citizenship, attends a court hearing after being detained on suspicion of failing to register as a "foreign agent," in Kazan, Russia October 20, 2023.
Kurmasheva is a Prague-based journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which is funded by the U.S. Congress and designated by Russia as a foreign agent, meaning it gets foreign funding for activity deemed to be political.
"This appears to be another case of the Russian government harassing U.S. citizens," State Department spokesperson Matt Miller told reporters on Thursday.
That contrasted with its reaction after Gershkovich's arrest, when Peskov told reporters, without providing evidence, that the reporter had been "caught red-handed" while trying to obtain military secrets.
She was charged a week later with failure to register as a foreign agent, an offence that carries up to five years in prison.
Persons:
Alsu Kurmasheva, Alexey Nasyrov, Kurmasheva, Edgar Matevosyan, Evan Gershkovich, Matt Miller, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Jeffrey Gedmin, Filipp Lebedev, Mark Trevelyan, Felix Light, Hugh Lawson
Organizations:
Radio Free, Radio Liberty, RFE, Russian, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Congress, Reuters, Wall Street, Thomson
Locations:
Radio Free Europe, Kazan, Russia, American, Prague, Ukraine, Moscow, Washington