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☆ 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli brags that Sam Bankman-Fried asked him for advice on how to serve prison time
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Martin Shkreli bragged that Sam Bankman-Fried asked him for advice on serving prison time. Shkreli did an interview with Tucker Carlson and said he told Bankman-Fried to "learn slang" and "invent a backstory." AdvertisementAdvertisementInfamous "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli, who was released from federal prison last year, bragged to Tucker Carlson that Sam Bankman-Fried asked him for advice on serving time in the slammer as the disgraced FTX founder faces the prospect of more than 100 years behind bars. That may be why Sam Bankman-Fried just asked his advice on doing time. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdditionally, Shkreli told Carlson that he believed Bankman-Fried would "most likely" go to prison for a "long time" and that he would be "screwed" behind bars.

Persons: Martin Shkreli, Sam Bankman, Fried, Shkreli, Tucker Carlson, Bankman, —, Bro, Mark Botnick, He's, Hillary Clinton, vMGiqDk4tR — Tucker Carlson, there's, Carlson Organizations: Pharma, Service, Twitter, Fox News Locations: California, Oakland, Brooklyn

☆ Opinion | With Poll Results Favoring Trump, Should Biden Step Aside?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

To the Editor:Re “Voters in 5 Battlegrounds Favor Trump Over Biden” (front page, Nov. 6):When will the Democratic Party stop sitting on its hands and do something about the dire reality of the coming presidential election? The most recent New York Times/Siena College poll has President Biden behind Donald Trump in five of six swing states while his approval ratings among youth and minorities — two essential demographics for the party — continue to plummet. There comes a time when we have to say, “Dad, you’ve been a wonderful father and we love you dearly, but we are taking away the car keys.”We can all see it: the shuffle, the drifting focus, the mental confusion during a news conference in Vietnam. Mr. Biden’s handlers keep him under close wraps now, but the gasps among the electorate are going to be frequent when he gets out on the campaign trail debate circuit.

Persons: Trump, Biden, Donald Trump, Dad, you’ve Organizations: “ Voters, Democratic Party, New York Times, Siena College Locations: Vietnam

☆ Opinion | The Democrats Are Their Own Worst Enemy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Pamela Paul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This should be the Democratic Party’s moment. Republican congressional behavior echoes that of an intemperate toddler and the party’s intellectual and ideological foundations have become completely unmoored. But far from dominant, the Democratic Party seems disconnected from the priorities, needs and values of many Americans. In a development that has baffled Democrats, a greater share of those groups voted for Republican candidates in recent elections. In 2004, Thomas Frank’s book asked, “What’s the Matter With Kansas?” Why, Frank wondered, did working- and middle-class Americans vote Republican when Democratic policies were more attuned to their needs?

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Joe Biden, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Thomas Frank’s, “, Frank Organizations: Democratic, Democratic Party, Trump, Republican Locations: Kansas

☆ Opinion | Israel Is Silencing Internal Critics
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Michael Sfard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

Freedom of political expression in Israel with regard to the Israeli-Arab conflict, especially with regard to Israeli policy toward Palestinians, has always been precarious, especially for the Palestinian citizens of Israel. It shouldn’t be surprising: In societies that contain widespread nationalistic tendencies, as is sadly the case in Israel, war and national tragedies create the perfect environment for witch hunts and the accelerated branding of critics and minorities as enemies from within. The suppression of speech and targeting of critics of Israel’s policy toward the conflict has always had a strategic goal. Crushing dissent and eliminating the political force of Palestinian citizens of Israel are crucial conditions that must be met to achieve that goal. Michael Sfard is an Israeli human rights lawyer and the author of “The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine and the Legal Battle for Human Rights.”

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☆ Goldman Sachs is about to kick off a cascade of managing director promotions across Wall Street. Here's why the battle for power could be fiercer than ever.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

There are plenty of terms to describe Wall Street power brokers — but none of them matters quite so much right now as the simple phrase "managing director." Wealth management, which has been an area for growth across Wall Street, may prove an exception. "Two years ago, everybody was in the war for talent," said Alan Johnson, a Wall Street compensation expert at Johnson & Associates. Getting a promotion to managing director is tremendously important for the people who are vying for the role. "Once you become an MD, you're going to be making a lot more money.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Banks, Alan Johnson, Wall, Jeanne Branthover, Johnson, Goldman, it's, Lloyd Blankfein, Justin Tuck, Branthover, might've, You'd, you'll Organizations: Wall, Citigroup, Jefferies, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Johnson & Associates, DHR International, NY Giants Locations: Wall

☆ The Global War on the Jews
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Review and Outlook: The Secretary-General abandons Israel, a state the U.N. helped to create. Images: Zuma Press/AP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyThe disturbing fact of the past month is that Jews are under attack not only in Israel and not only by Hamas. The weeks since the barbaric Oct. 7 Hamas invasion of Israel have witnessed physical assaults on Jews the world over, including in the U.S. and Europe. This most modern of pogroms—global, televised, politicized—demonstrates exactly what is at stake as Israel ramps up its defensive war against Hamas in Gaza. The Islamist group and its Western enablers are pursuing or justifying a genocidal war against Jews, not merely a territorial dispute with Israel.

Persons: Israel, Mark Kelly Organizations: Zuma Press, Hamas Locations: Israel, U.S, Europe, Gaza

☆ Dagestan riot: Anti-Jewish protest in Russia’s Dagestan shows risks of Putin’s balancing act on Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“Threats to exterminate the Jews are the result of the work of Russian state propaganda, which for decades cultivated feelings of hatred towards other peoples among Russians,” he noted. Kadyrov has also provided footsoldiers for Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Gaza war adds one more match to the fire. Additionally, Russia’s war in Ukraine has impacted Dagestan heavily, with significant casualties. But an anti-Jewish riot in the southern region of Dagestan shows how quickly that model can backfire, particularly for those trapped inside the echo of Russian state propaganda.

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☆ Rampage by antisemitic mob puts pressure on Moscow to confront rising ethnic tensions in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

People shouting antisemitic slogans at an airfield of the airport in Makhachkala, Russia, on Oct. 30, 2023. APMoscow is coming under increasing pressure to protect the country's Jewish community after the latest episode of antisemitism highlighted growing interethnic tensions in Russia. Russia's Jewish populationThe incident in Dagestan highlights wider demographic tensions in Russia, whose population of 144 million is diverse and disparate in terms of ethnicity, religion, culture and language. The latest episode of antisemitic aggression in Dagestan is likely to be very concerning for Jews living in the region, and wider Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to greet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting on Jan. 23, 2020, in Jerusalem.

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Group members said Russian occupiers are snuffing out religious and other freedoms in areas of Ukraine under Russian control. “We are eyewitnesses of Russian atrocities going on in our country,” said Metropolitan Yevstratiy Zoria, a representative of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has declared its independence from Moscow and proclaimed its loyalty to Ukraine, but a government study commission contended that the UOC remains a structural unit of the Russian Orthodox Church. The other separate, but similarly-named church, Orthodox Church of Ukraine, was officially recognized as independent by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in 2019, but the Russian church has disputed the legitimacy of that recognition. Zoria decried statements by Moscow Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has strongly supported the war as part of a metaphysical battle against Western liberalism and has said the Russian war dead have their sins forgiven.

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☆ Mike Johnson symbolizes a new turn for the religious right
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | Analysis Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

CNN —The arc of Rep. Mike Johnson’s career encapsulates the shifting priorities of the religious right in the era of Donald Trump. More than half of White evangelicals agreed with that statement as well – the only major religious denomination in which it found majority support. Yet both groups are much more influential inside the GOP coalition, with evangelicals representing nearly one-third of Republican voters and all White Christians about two-thirds. But in Congress, Johnson has also identified more with some of the party’s Trump-era priorities that revolve around demographic change. But each man appears equally committed to a vision of America that elevates the moral and political preferences of conservative White Christians over any other group.

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Mr. Ziadna, 26, was slain inside his tent, and four members of his Bedouin family vanished. At least 17 people killed in the Hamas attacks were Bedouins in and around Rahat, the biggest city in an impoverished, predominantly Bedouin area of southern Israel. Hamas did not directly target Bedouins, but “rockets and bullets don’t discriminate,” Dr. Fraiha said. People are scared.”Even before the recent attacks, Bedouins had long suffered at the hands of Hamas. The largely aluminum roofs of the Bedouin homes turn into deadly shrapnel, which she called “knives.” Hamas rockets killed several members of one Bedouin community.

Persons: Alrahman Aatef Ziadna, Ziadna, Ayesha Ziadna, Yasmeen Abu Fraiha, Fraiha, ” Ms, Ata Abu Mediam Locations: Zikkim, Gaza, Rahat, Israel, Arab, Tel Sheva, Beer Sheva

Seoul, South Korea CNN —South Korea’s Constitutional Court has upheld a law banning same-sex relations in the military, citing a threat to combat-readiness, in a judgment decried by the local LGBTQ community as a disappointing setback. “Even if sexual acts are consensual” they risk “causing serious harm to preserving the fighting power of the nation’s armed forces, if committed (while on duty),” it added. But the group said it was encouraged by the comments of the dissenting judges, who warned against deeming sexual acts between same-sex couples as abnormal. The dissenting judges said there is “no reason” to differentiate between consensual sexual acts by same-sex soldiers and heterosexual ones. With a mandatory military service imposed on almost all able-bodied men between the age of 18 and 28, South Korea has one of the world’s largest active armies.

Persons: ”, Boram Jang, scuffles, Hong Joon, pyo Organizations: South Korea CNN, Constitutional, Amnesty, National Health Insurance Service, South Korea’s, Seoul Queer Culture, Christian, Daegu Queer Culture Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Asia, South, Daegu

☆ An Embarrassment of Witches
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Marjorie Ingall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

$17.99, ages 8 to 12) shares with Del the realization that self-love can be an act of resistance. Not only can her powers help save the world, but they may also heal her fractured Scottish family. Stories involving spirits and witches (including “Where the Wild Things Are,” “A Wrinkle in Time,” and the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings series) have triggered book bans and challenges. These three novels are far more likely to be banned for featuring Black and Jewish characters than for witchcraft. Is it any wonder kids want to read about a magical world they have the power to improve?

Persons: Del, Eden Royce —, who’ve, ’ Lundy, Elle McNicoll’s, “, McNicoll, Harry Potter Organizations: Pond Press, PEN America Locations: South Carolina, Edinburgh

☆ A gay Israeli soldier says he's going to fly the LGBTQ+ flag on his tank while fighting Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A gay Israeli soldier plans to take an LGBTQ+ flag to fight against Hamas. Atzmoni told Insider that he's worried that a Hamas victory could set Israel's progress on LGBTQ+ rights back several decades. Meanwhile, in Jordan, public opinion is overwhelmingly opposed to LGBTQ+ rights, according to the LGBTQ+ collaborative knowledge base, Equaldex . Under Hamas, LGBTQ+ Palestinians suffer "severe persecution and ostracism," per UN Watch's 2022 report. Nadav Yitzhaki and Yoav Atzmoni holding an Israeli flag with LGBTQ+ colors Courtesy of Yoav AtzmoniBut the progress has been hard-won, according to Azmotovi.

Persons: Yoav Atzmoni, —, Atzmoni, Nadav Yitzhaki, Azmotovi, Eytan Marmelstein, Omer Bauman, Yulav Shtaigel, Benyamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Yitzhak Pindrus Organizations: Hamas, Service, Israel Defense Forces, Gaza, Tel Avid Pride, Dignity, Israel's Defense Ministry, Torah Judaism Party, Hilltop, West Bank Locations: Israeli, Israel, Jerusalem, Gaza, Jordan, Egypt, Europe

☆ Ukraine says it created a whole battalion from Russians who signed up to fight their own country
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Siberian Battalion largely consists of people from ethnic minorities in Russia. The battalion is expected to be sent to fight against Russia very soon, Bloomberg reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine said Wednesday that it had created a whole battalion from Russians who wanted to fight their own country. The battalion does not recruit captured Russian soldiers, he added, as per the Kyiv Post. He called his battalion the Siberian Battalion.

Persons: —, Andriy Yusov, HUR, Yusov, Vladislav Ammosov Organizations: Siberian Battalion, Bloomberg, Service, International Legion of, Armed Forces of, Defense, Main Intelligence, Russian Federation, Kyiv Post, New, Radio Free Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kyiv, Russian, Eastern Siberia, Europe, Radio Free Europe

☆ Japan court rules it is ‘unconstitutional’ to require transgender sterilization in landmark case for LGBTQ community
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Jessie Yeung | Francesca Annio | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Her case had been rejected by a family court and a higher court before arriving at the Supreme Court. On Monday, the court ruled in her favor, declaring that the provision requiring sterilization was “in violation” of the constitution. Therefore, the provision in question is not necessary and reasonable,” the court said in its ruling. The Supreme Court declined to rule on the other provision requiring transgender individuals to have genital organs “resembling” the opposite sex, saying it was constitutional. The organization also expressed “strong regret” over recent discriminatory incidents against transgender individuals, including widespread “anxiety and fear” over transgender individuals using their bathrooms of choice.

Persons: ”, Kazuyuki Minami, “, Minami, Ken Suzuki Organizations: Tokyo CNN —, NHK, Supreme, Chamber of Justice, Japan’s Meijin University, National Coalition for, Laws, LGBT Law Coalition Locations: Japan

☆ Anti-Black Racism Is Rising in EU Countries, Led by Germany, Study Finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Francois MurphyVIENNA (Reuters) - Racism towards Black people is growing in Europe, with Germany, Austria and Finland showing the highest rates of discrimination and harassment, a survey of first- and second-generation Black immigrants in 13 EU countries published on Wednesday found. In Austria and Germany the proportion was 64% - almost twice the previous level of 33% in Germany and a significant increase from the 42% recorded in Austria six years earlier. "It is shocking to see no improvement since our last survey," FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty said. The highest national rate was 54% in Germany, followed by Finland and Austria. The FRA report included a series of recommendations for EU member states such as properly enforcing anti-discrimination legislation and considering a motivation based on racial bias as an aggravating circumstance when setting penalties for crimes.

Persons: Francois Murphy VIENNA, Michael O'Flaherty, Ipsos, Francois Murphy, Aurora Ellis Organizations: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, FRA Locations: Europe, Germany, Austria, Finland, Saharan Africa, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden

☆ Anti-Black racism is rising in EU countries, led by Germany, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Francois Murphy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

VIENNA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Racism towards Black people is growing in Europe, with Germany, Austria and Finland showing the highest rates of discrimination and harassment, a survey of first- and second-generation Black immigrants in 13 EU countries published on Wednesday found. In Austria and Germany the proportion was 64% - almost twice the previous level of 33% in Germany and a significant increase from the 42% recorded in Austria six years earlier. "It is shocking to see no improvement since our last survey," FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty said. The highest national rate was 54% in Germany, followed by Finland and Austria. The FRA report included a series of recommendations for EU member states such as properly enforcing anti-discrimination legislation and considering a motivation based on racial bias as an aggravating circumstance when setting penalties for crimes.

Persons: Michael O'Flaherty, Ipsos, Francois Murphy, Aurora Ellis Organizations: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, FRA, Thomson Locations: VIENNA, Europe, Germany, Austria, Finland, Saharan Africa, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden

☆ Racial minorities, first-generation college students reported higher rates of depression and anxiety during the pandemic, new study shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Covid-19 pandemic took a toll on the mental health of many college students. Now a new study has found that cases of depression and anxiety were even worse for students who were a racial minority at their schools. More than half of students at a predominantly white university who self-identified as non-white reported feelings of mild depression, according to the University of Georgia study, with 17% reporting they experienced moderate to severe depression. Students attending a historically black college who self-identified as non-Black also experienced higher rates of anxiety and depression than those who were Black. "To be isolated during this time can be associated with depression and anxiety as we found in our study, compounded by a lack of sense of belonging as a result of being a minority group."

Persons: Janani Rajbhandari, Thapa Organizations: University of Georgia

☆ Ukraine's EU membership bid to be assessed in report due on Nov. 8
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The assessment will come in an annual report by the Brussels-based European Commission detailing how far countries looking to join the 27-nation bloc have advanced in meeting the necessary economic, legal and other criteria. A decision is then expected during a Dec.14-15 summit of EU leaders on whether to launch formal membership negotiations with Ukraine, a top priority for Kyiv as it fights the Russian invasion. Of the other hopefuls, an EU official said this week a similar recommendation could come for Moldova, where the bloc is also engaged in a geopolitical tug-of-war with Russia. Any enlargement decisions require unanimous backing of all the bloc's members, something that might be difficult to achieve for countries in the Western Balkans, according to EU officials and diplomats. Budget decisions also require unanimity in the bloc and some member countries have asked to also raise spending on tackling natural disasters like wildfires and floods, sources said.

Organizations: Commission Locations: Ukraine, Brussels, Kyiv, Russian, Hungary, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Western Balkans

☆ Alsu Kurmasheva: Russian court extends detention of US journalist
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Darya Tarasova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —A Russian court has ordered US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to be held in detention until December 5 for failing to register as a foreign agent, according to her employer. Kurmasheva is employed by the Tatar-Bashkir service Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and is based in Prague, Czech Republic. According to her employer, Kurmasheva was detained on June 2 in the city of Kazan in Russia while waiting for a return flight to the Czech Republic. The date of her next court appearance is currently unknown, Matevosyan said, adding that Kurmasheva was also fined for failing to notify Russian authorities of her dual citizenship. Last month, a Moscow court refused to hear an appeal against his pre-trial detention.

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, Kurmasheva, Edgar Matevosyan, Matevosyan, Vladimir Putin, Evan Gershkovich Organizations: London CNN, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, RFE, Wall Street Locations: Russian, Radio Free Europe, Prague, Czech Republic, Kazan, Russia, US, Ukraine, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Moscow

☆ Opinion | A Brief History of a Problematic Appetizer
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Ian Urbina | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In some parts of the world, frequent illegal incursions by Chinese ships into other nations’ waters are heightening military tensions. A recent investigation that my team and I conducted revealed a worrying range of human rights and environmental crimes tied to Chinese ships and processing plants. Chinese ships have also fished in North Korean waters, breaking U.N. sanctions, and engaged in violence, wage theft, forced labor, severe neglect of deckhands and human trafficking. Like the boats that supply them, Chinese processing plants rely on forced labor, from North Korea and from Uyghur and other Muslim minorities in China. But it has also stretched the distance between producers, movers and consumers, making it harder to know whether what you’re consuming is tainted by forced labor or environmental crimes.

Persons: Ruggiero Seafood, Ruggiero Organizations: Argentine, Sysco, Walmart Locations: China, United States, North Korea, U.S

☆ These redistricting fights could determine which party controls the House
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Fredreka Schouten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Before the court action, Alabama – which is 27% Black – had only one Black-majority congressional district out of seven seats. The case is expected to land before the all-Republican state Supreme Court, where DeSantis appointees hold most seats. A separate federal case in Georgia challenges the congressional map on constitutional grounds and is slated to go to trial next month. UtahThe state Supreme Court, in a case it heard in July, is considering whether it even has the authority to weigh in on map-drawing decisions by the GOP-controlled state legislature. Advocacy groups and a handful of voters are challenging a congressional map that further carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County between four decidedly Republican districts.

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☆ US monitoring India's next steps after court declines to legalize same-sex marriage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Kanishka Singh | Thomson Reuters | Kanishka Singh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Reuters In Washington Dc | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

India's top court on Tuesday declined to legalize same-sex marriage and left it to parliament to decide, agreeing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government that the legislature is the right forum to rule on the issue. "The United States supports marriage equality globally," a U.S. State Department spokesperson said. Chandrachud, said on Tuesday the Supreme Court "cannot make law. Asia, a continent where conservative values still dominate society in many nations, largely lags behind the West in accepting same-sex marriage. The U.S. State Department said it regularly engages with the Indian government on human rights concerns, including over LGBT rights.

Persons: Anushree, India's, Narendra Modi's, Chandrachud, Kanishka Singh, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S . State Department, United, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, State Department, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, United States, U.S, Asia, India . New Delhi, Washington

☆ US citizen working as journalist detained in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Mariya Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Atlanta CNN —A US-Russian dual national working for Radio Free Europe has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent, the US-funded news organization reported Wednesday. Alsu Kurmasheva is currently employed as a journalist and editor for the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and is based in Prague. According to her employer, Kurmasheva was detained on June 2 in the city of Kazan in Russia while waiting for a return flight to the Czech Republic. According to RFE/RL, Kurmasheva is an accomplished journalist who has been writing about the life of ethnic minorities in Russia’s Tatarstan and Bashkortostan regions for many years. He’s the first US journalist to be accused of spying by Moscow since 1986, when US reporter Nick Daniloff was detained on a similar charge.

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, Kurmasheva, Jeffrey Gedmin, Vladimir Putin, ”, Evan Gershkovich, Nick Daniloff, Gershkovich Organizations: Atlanta CNN, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, RFE, ” CNN, US State Department, Wall Street Locations: Russian, Radio Free Europe, Russia, Prague, Kazan, Czech Republic, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Ukraine, Moscow

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