The Russian authorities have detained an editor working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, an American broadcaster funded by the United States government, on charges of failing to register as a “foreign agent,” the media company said on Thursday.
The editor, Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds both Russian and United States citizenship, is the second American journalist to be detained in Russia this year.
In March, Russian special services detained Evan Gershkovich, a Russian correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, on espionage charges, which he and The Journal have denied.
He remains in a high-security prison in Moscow awaiting trial.
“Another hostage has been taken,” Dmitri Kozelev, a prominent Russian journalist, said in his channel on the Telegram messaging app.
Persons:
Alsu Kurmasheva, Evan Gershkovich, “, ” Dmitri Kozelev
Organizations:
Radio Free, Radio Liberty, United, Wall Street
Locations:
Radio Free Europe, American, United States, States, Russia, Russian, Moscow, Kazan