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☆ Russian Court Extends Detention of Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Russian court extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich through at least Jan. 30 of next year. Gershkovich is being held on an allegation of espionage that he, the Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny. Photo: Lefortovo District Court/TASS/ZUMA PressA Russian court extended by two months the detention of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva , a dual U.S.-Russian citizen awaiting trial on a charge that she failed to register as a foreign agent. The Sovetsky District Court in Kazan, a city in southwest Russia, on Friday ordered Kurmasheva be held until Feb. 5, her company said. She was initially taken into custody in October, while visiting Russia for a family emergency, and her detention was subsequently prolonged until Dec. 5.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, Kurmasheva Organizations: Wall Street, U.S, Court, TASS, Press, Radio Free, Radio Liberty Locations: Lefortovo, Radio Free Europe, U.S, Sovetsky, Kazan, Russia

☆ EU Helps Finland Secure Its Borders Amid Migrant Influx From Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Migrants arrived at a border crossing between Finland and Russia on Thursday. Photo: Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Associated PressThe European Union will help Finland bolster its borders following a recent surge of migrants trying to enter the country from Russia, whom Helsinki has accused of facilitating their passage. Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, said Thursday it would send 50 border-guard officers and other staff, along with equipment such as patrol cars, to bolster Finland’s border-control activities. The reinforcement, including surveillance officers, support for registering migrants, document experts and interpreters, was expected to be on the ground as soon as next week, the agency said. Frontex currently has 10 officers working at the Finnish borders, it said.

Persons: Jussi Nukari, Frontex Organizations: Associated Press, Union, Border, Coast Guard Agency Locations: Finland, Russia, Helsinki, Finland’s

☆ A Campaign Builds to Label Radio Free Europe Journalist as Wrongfully Detained
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | Louise Radnofsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Alsu Kurmasheva was arrested in October on an allegation of failing to register as a foreign agent and placed in pretrial detention. Photo: Vladislav Mikhnevskii/Associated PressEarlier this year, Alsu Kurmasheva , a dual Russian-U.S. citizen and journalist for U.S.-government funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, faced a difficult choice. She wanted to travel to the Russian city of Kazan to see her ailing mother. In May, she made the trip, leaving the Czech Republic, where she lives, on her U.S. passport and entering Russia using her Russian passport. In June, Russian authorities stopped her from flying home, accusing her of failing to properly declare her U.S. citizenship.

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, Vladislav Mikhnevskii, Alsu Organizations: U.S, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, State Department Locations: Russian, Radio Free Europe, Kazan, Russia, Czech Republic

☆ Russia Moves to Ban International LGBT Movement as Extremist
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Senior Russian officials have portrayed gay-rights activism as a symbol of the West’s moral corruption and depravity. Photo: ANTON VAGANOV/REUTERSRussia’s Ministry of Justice has filed a lawsuit with the nation’s Supreme Court to recognize the international LGBT movement as extremist and ban its activities inside the country, in the latest assault on a community that has increasingly become a target of hostility in Russia. The ministry said on Telegram on Friday that “various signs and manifestations of an extremist orientation have been identified” in the activities of the LGBT movement in Russia, “including the incitement of social and religious discord.” It didn’t provide any proof or explanation of the allegations. Ministry officials didn’t immediately respond to a request for further clarification.

Persons: ANTON VAGANOV, didn’t Organizations: REUTERS Russia’s Ministry of Justice, LGBT Locations: Russia

☆ Russian Artist Sentenced to Seven Years for Replacing Price Tags With Antiwar Messages
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Aleksandra Skochilenko was also banned for three years from maintaining a presence on social-media sites or posting on the internet. Photo: Peter Kovalev/Zuma PressA Russian artist accused of replacing price tags in a supermarket with antiwar messaging was sentenced to seven years in prison, in the latest example of the Kremlin’s efforts to crush everyday opposition to its war on Ukraine. A court in Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg Thursday found Aleksandra Skochilenko , a 33-year-old artist and musician, guilty of knowingly spreading false information about the Russian military and ordered that she serve her term in a penal colony, according to information published by the Vasileostrovsky District Court. She was also banned for three years from maintaining a presence on social-media sites or posting on the internet, the court said.

Persons: Aleksandra Skochilenko, Peter Kovalev Organizations: Press Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia’s, St, Petersburg, Vasileostrovsky

☆ Ordinary Russians Feel Wrath of Putin’s Repression
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

Authorities in Novosibirsk fined a woman 15,000 rubles around the same time for tearing down a poster exalting Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. In St. Petersburg, a man was briefly detained in September for holding a poster reading, “Wishing for peace is not a crime! In August, the police had briefly detained Belsky after he hoisted a poster in the same location reading, “Russia is tired of corruption, repression and propaganda! “In Russia, people are imprisoned for simply wanting peace,” said Belsky, a 34-year-old specialist in decorative restoration. “I don’t think it’s a crime to want peace.” The police warning has scared Belsky from staging any further protests.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Artyom Belsky, Belsky, ” Organizations: United Nations Locations: Siberia, Novosibirsk, Ukraine, St . Petersburg, Russia, Kazan

☆ Russia Detains Two of Its Soldiers in Killing of Ukrainian Family
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A sign at the entrance to the town of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Russia has seized control of parts of the Donetsk region. Photo: Dmitry Yagodkin/TASS/Zuma PressRussian authorities are investigating the killing of nine people, including two children, in Ukrainian territory controlled by Moscow, in a case that has led to the detention of two Russian soldiers in connection with the crime and has sparked anger in both Ukraine and Russia. Russian occupation authorities said Saturday they had launched a criminal investigation following the killing Friday of nine residents of the city of Volnovakha, where their bodies were found in a private residence with gunshot wounds.

Persons: Dmitry Yagodkin Organizations: Zuma Press Locations: Volnovakha, Donetsk, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Russian

☆ America’s Top Diplomat in Russia Has One of the World’s Toughest Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The tenure of Lynne Tracy, U.S. ambassador to Russia, comes at a time when relations between the U.S. and Moscow have rarely been as fraught as they are now. WSJ’s Russia Bureau Chief Ann Simmons talks with Tracy about the challenges. Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS via Zuma PressThe moment when ambassadors present their credentials to their hosts is usually a staid affair. When the U.S. ambassador presented herself at the Kremlin in April, Russian President Vladimir Putin railed at Washington during the televised ceremony, accusing it of sparking the war in Ukraine. With Putin set off behind a podium at the other end of the Alexander Hall, there was no way for Lynne Tracy or the other new ambassadors to respond.

Persons: Lynne Tracy, Ann Simmons, Tracy, Valery Sharifulin, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Alexander Hall Organizations: U.S, Kremlin Locations: U.S, Russia, Moscow, WSJ’s Russia, Washington, Ukraine

☆ Russian Authorities Charge U.S. Journalist With Evading Foreign Agent Law
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Alsu Kurmasheva, the second U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia this year, will be held in pretrial detention until at least Dec. 5 on an allegation that she failed to register herself as a “foreign agent”. Her lawyer said he would appeal. Photo: Reuters/Alexey Nasyrov. Russian authorities charged a U.S. journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty with neglecting to register herself as a “foreign agent,” her employer said Thursday. Russia’s Investigative Committee, the country’s main federal investigating authority, charged Alsu Kurmasheva with a part of the Russian criminal code that deals with registering as a foreign agent, her lawyer Edgar Matevosyan confirmed in a text message Thursday.

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, ”, Alexey Nasyrov, Edgar Matevosyan Organizations: Radio Free, Radio Liberty, Russia’s Locations: Russia, U.S, Radio Free Europe

☆ Russian Court Orders Formal Arrest of U.S. Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The State Department said Russia’s arrest of journalist and dual Russian-U.S. citizen Alsu Kurmasheva appears to be another case of harassment of an American. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in March. Photo: pangea graphics (rfe/rl)/ReutersA Russian court formally arrested a U.S. journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in a case that is exacerbating tensions between Washington and Moscow, ordering her to be held in pretrial detention on an allegation she had failed to register herself as a “foreign agent.”A representative of the Sovetsky District Court in Kazan, a city in southwest Russia, said Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds both U.S. and Russian citizenship, would be held until at least Dec. 5.

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, Evan Gershkovich, ” Organizations: State Department, Wall Street, rfe, Reuters, Radio Free, Radio Liberty Locations: Russian, Radio Free Europe, Washington, Moscow, Sovetsky, Kazan, Russia

☆ Russia’s State Duma Votes to Revoke Ratification of Nuclear-Test-Ban Pact
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Ambassador Visits Detained Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, evan Locations: russia

☆ Putin Says Israel Has Right to Defend Itself, Calls for a Palestinian State
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza has the potential for grave consequences, including “absolutely unacceptable” civilian casualties, but said that Israel has the right to defend itself. Speaking at a summit in Kyrgyzstan with other former Soviet republics, the Kremlin leader called on both sides to stop the bloodshed and come to an agreement to stabilize the situation on the ground, Russia’s state news agency TASS said. Putin said that although Israel was subjected to “an attack unprecedented in its cruelty” and has the right to protection, a settlement is only possible through the creation of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin Organizations: Kremlin Locations: Gaza, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Soviet, East Jerusalem

☆ Russia Signals It Will Step Back From Nuclear-Test Treaty
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | Laurence Norman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russian Journalist Who Protested Ukraine War on Live TV Given 8½-Year Sentence
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones Locations: russia, ukraine

☆ ‘I’m Alive but I Feel Dead’: Inside an Exodus Decades in the Making
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | Photographs Justyna Mielnikiewicz For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

GORIS, Armenia—It took a whole day for Ararat Ghahriyan and his family to make it out through the narrow corridor of land leading to Armenia. Normally the trip would only take a couple of hours. But since Azerbaijan took control of Nagorno-Karabakh last week after decades of confrontation and war, a deluge of cars, trucks and buses has swamped the one road out, with more than half the enclave’s 120,000 population now having left. Many of the rest appear set to follow.

Organizations: Ararat Ghahriyan Locations: GORIS, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno, Karabakh

☆ Russian Election Candidates Praise Putin’s Support for War Families
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A polling station at a bus stop in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Photo: ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO/REUTERSAs Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on, a wave of Russian gubernatorial elections is turning into an effort to gloss over the horrific cost of the conflict and instead laud the generous handouts and other support the Kremlin has provided for families of those killed in combat and those with loved ones still in the field.

Persons: ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO, laud Locations: Russian, Ukrainian, Mariupol, Ukraine

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Persons: Dow Jones, gershkovich Locations: russia

☆ Lawyers for Evan Gershkovich Appeal Extension of Pretrial Detention
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, evan, gershkovich Locations: russia

☆ How Putin Uses Payback Politics to Keep Russia Under His Control
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash this week, he did little to dispel the notion that he might have had something to do with it. The Wagner chief, he said at a meeting at the Kremlin Thursday, was “a man with a complicated life story, and he made many mistakes in life.”

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, ”

☆ Russia, U.S. Have Effective Prisoner-Swap Channel, Russian Ambassador Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Ambassador Meets With Detained Wall Street Journal Reporter
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russia Aims to Restore Prestige in Race to Moon’s South Pole
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russian Tech Giant’s Co-Founder Speaks Out Against Ukraine War
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones Locations: ukraine

☆ Navalny Given New 19-Year Sentence in Russia as Putin Moves to Silence Dissent
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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