Press Briefing For U.S. Journalist Held By Russia Monday, Nov. 27 at Press Club
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Monday, November 20, 2023
News Briefing with Advocates for Alsu Kurmasheva, journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty who is currently being held in detention by Russia.
Key Points:
- News Briefing with Advocates for Alsu Kurmasheva, journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty who is currently being held in detention by Russia.
- In May 2023, Alsu, who is a citizen of the United States and Russia, traveled to Kazan, Russia to assist her ailing mother.
- She is the 2nd U.S. journalist to be detained by Russia since the end of the Cold War.
- This is the first known instance of an individual facing charges for failing to self-identify as a "foreign agent" in Russia.