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, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist with U.S citizenship was convicted in July of spreading false information about the Russian military and was later released as part of ...

In August 2024, the One Free Press Coalition celebrated the release of two American journalists—Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva—from Russian detention after their cases topped the May 2024 list ...

Alsu Kurmasheva, the second U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia this year, will be held in pretrial detention until at least Dec. 5 on an allegation that she failed to register herself as a ...

Earlier, the Supreme Court of Russia’s Tatarstan Region sentenced Kurmasheva ... Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor at Radio Liberty (designated in Russia as a foreign agent), and other journalists ...

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 ...

Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, in addition to green card holder Vladimir Kara-Murza, were released from Russian prison in the biggest US-Russia prison swap since the Cold War.

President Joe Biden confirmed that they, plus Alsu Kurmasheva and Vladimir Kara-Murza, were freed along with five Germans and seven Russian citizens who were being held as political prisoners.

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 ...