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The RFE/RL reporter spent 288 days in a Russian prison after she was accused of failing to declare herself a “foreign agent.
Alsu Kurmasheva's family has been in disbelief ... calling their mom's return the "best birthday present ever." A court convicted Kurmasheva -- a Russian-American journalist working for Radio ...
Alsu Kurmasheva’s husband, Pavel Butorin, and their daughters embrace in the State Dining Room of the White House. Kurmasheva, a journalist, was released from Russia along with Evan Gershkovich ...
and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, a dual U.S.-Russian citizen convicted in July of spreading false information about the Russian military, accusations her family and ...
Pavel Butorin, Kurmasheva's husband, said Thursday, "After over a year of separation and more than nine months of brutal detention, Alsu will finally ... in exchange for convicted arms dealer ...
Two leading press-freedom organizations celebrated the release of journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva but said Russia must stop detaining members of the press. Rebecca Vincent ...