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Russia has detained an American journalist and charged her with failing to register as a foreign agent on Thursday, the second U.S. journalist detained this year as Vladimir Putin continues to crack down on free speech and press freedoms while waging war against Ukraine.
Kurmasheva has been charged with failing to register as a “foreign agent” and faces up to five years in prison if convicted, the U.S.-funded outlet said. RFE/RL said Kurmasheva, who lives in Prague, Czechia, with her husband and two children, had traveled to Russia for a family emergency in May and was detained when trying to return in June for not registering her American passport with officials, for which she was fined.
The new charge was announced on October 18 when Kurmasheva was awaiting the return of her passports in order to leave Russia, RFE/RL said.Kurmasheva will “most likely” be transferred to a pre-trial detention facility shortly to await trial, an unnamed representative for the Russian human-rights news website OVD-Info told CPJ.have all rejected. Gershkovich remains in Russian detention in Moscow and will remain behind bars through November after losing an appeal to be released.
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