The temporary detention of the Russian-American journalist Alsou Kurmaseva was extended today until August 5 by a court in the city of Kazan, Russia, where she is being held, a representative of the judiciary told AFP. The 47-year-old Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist was arrested in Russia in October 2023 for failing to register as a “foreign agent,” a designation that imposes heavy administrative restrictions on persons or entities. According to this media outlet, he is also charged with spreading “false information” about the Russian military, which carries a 15-year prison sentence, charges that RFE/RL called “baseless.” Today, her temporary detention was “extended until August 5” in a “closed session”, Rumia Mubarakzanova, the spokeswoman for the court in Kazan, capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, told AFP by phone. Kurmasheva “is being held for her uncompromising commitment to telling the truth to the Russian people, regardless of whether that truth embarrasses the Kremlin,” […]
Source: News Beast
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