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Director of @RFERL 's @CurrentTimeTV . Husband of American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, formerly imprisoned in Russia #FreeAlsu . Ohio voter.
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After over a year of separation and more than nine months of brutal detention, Alsu is finally free. Thanks to the unwavering efforts of the U.S. government and our tireless advocacy work, she will soon reunite with her family. Today, my daughters and I witnessed a historic act
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This weekend Alsu and I are marking 21 years together. She should be celebrating this anniversary at home with me and our children, not in a Russian prison cell. Alsu is not a criminal. We want her back.
#FreeAlsu
Read more about Alsu's unjust detention:
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December 18 marks two months of Alsu’s unfair detention in Russia. Presumed innocent even under Russian law, Alsu is held in remand by the Russian government because she is a journalist at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and an American citizen. The Russians have denied several
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I was there - but I can't help watching it over and over again.
Alsu Kurmasheva had an emotional reunion with her daughters and husband when she landed in the U.S. after a prisoner swap released her from more than a year of detention in Russia. Her youngest daughter turned 13 just minutes after they were reunited.
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@lexfridman
@lexfridman
, then
@TuckerCarlson
should ask him to what end exactly Russia is holding my wife, American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, behind bars in Kazan. Tucker claims to stand for uncensored journalism. Alsu is in jail for a thin book that she didn't even write, but only
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@KevinRothrock
Russia would probably have to quit the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) among all WTO member states. Current non-signatory countries: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Marshall Islands, Palau, Somalia, South Sudan (some of them 'observe.'
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Today marks one month of Alsu's unjust detention in Russia. An American citizen, Alsu is imprisoned on absurd charges of not registering as a “foreign agent.” Alsu’s captors tell her they have notified the United States of her arrest but received no reaction. The U.S. State
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My daughters and I know Alsu has done nothing wrong. And the world knows it too. We need her home.
#FreeAlsu
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June 23 marked 250 DAYS of Alsu’s wrongful detention in Russia. For more than eight months, my wife Alsu has been held prisoner for her work as an American journalist for congressionally funded, editorially independent
@RFERL
. For 250 days, Russian authorities have subjected her
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It is the first time since Alsu’s arrest on October 18, 2023, that her children and I have heard her voice in nearly six months. It is also the first time that journalists have dared or been allowed to ask Alsu anything in the courtroom. Before Judge Shaikhutdinova of the
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As many as 170,000 Russian IT specialists could leave the country by April, the Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC) estimates.
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Today marks 4 months of Alsu's arbitrary detention in Russia. In the wake of the shocking news of Navalny’s death in prison, the lack of progress in securing the release of Alsu and all other Americans held hostage by Russia is particularly troubling. Alsu is not an activist, not
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March 15: Alsu’s 150th day in a Russian prison. She’s been held in a tiny cell since October 18, 2023, on charges of failure to register as a “foreign agent.” Alsu is an American journalist, who also has a Russian passport, and she is targeted by the Russian government for
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Alsu has been in Russian detention for seven months today. Each day, my daughters and I look at an empty chair at our dinner table, trying to make sense of what is happening to Alsu and to us.
#Alsu
was stolen from her loving family by a heartless government that is holding her
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March 5, 2024: It is
#Alsu
’s 140th day in prison today. She’s been held in a Russian remand jail since October 18 literally for nothing, charged with failure to register as a “foreign agent.” Alsu Kurmasheva is the first and only person incarcerated in Russia on these absurd
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Today, June 2, marks one year since
#Alsu
was detained at Kazan airport and prevented from returning to her family in Europe after a two-week stay in Russia. This is the last selfie Alsu took with her kids a few days before her trip to Russia.
The Russian authorities had known
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It is awesome to see Alsu walking free in New York City's Times Square, where just nine months ago, her face appeared on a massive screen as a political prisoner held in Russia. Jean-Christophe Couet
@_jeanchristophe
and Code 58 launched a breathtaking art project back then to
Today marks two months since my release from wrongful detention. In January 2023, I was behind bars in a Russian prison. At the same time, my photo appeared in Times Square in NYC, symbolizing the fight for my freedom. Today, I stand in front of these screens, free.
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It took a war for the Kremlin to formally acknowledge that Tikhonova and Vorontsova are Putin's daughters.
Кремль впервые официально признал Катерину Тихонову и Марию Воронцову, в отношении которых накануне США ввели санкции, дочерьми Владимира Путина
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“My mom is probably the kindest person you’ll ever meet. She's a connector. Every person she meets instantly really likes her. And she is the last person in the world to deserve something like this. She really is just a normal mom, and it's heartbreaking for us that she's been
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Today, July 18, marks 9 months of Alsu's wrongful detention by Russia for her work as an American journalist. For 275 days,
#Alsu
has been held in a prison cell and denied her basic human dignity. Alsu traveled to Russia for a short visit to attend to a family emergency but was
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Alsu is still in a Russian prison cell on ridiculous charges of failure to register as a “foreign agent.” She is not an agent for any government. Alsu is a U.S. citizen, a journalist, and a mother. She must be released immediately so she can come home to her children.
#FreeAlsu
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"[Alsu] Kurmasheva’s two daughters, ages 12 and 15, measure her absence in missed birthdays and feel it most when they see other moms at the school gate or have to field awkward questions about where she is."
Thank you
@louiseradnofsky
for this
@WSJ
article about
#Alsu
and our
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Today is day 260 of Alsu's imprisonment in Russia. For 8 months and 15 days, Alsu has been held in a Kazan prison cell for her work as an American journalist. No consular visits. No phone calls with her children.
Alsu's captors are "just doing their jobs," following orders,
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Instead of
@taylorswift13
on her birthday, daughter of journalist held in Russia gets even better gift — her mom.
Alsu Kurmasheva was freed Thursday in a landmark, multinational prisoner swap nearly one year after her family bought tickets for her daughter to see Swift's Eras
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Какие бы новые дела ни возбуждали против Алсу, понятно, что эта бессердечная система удерживает ее заложницей в казанском изоляторе за то, что она гражданка США и журналистка Радио Свобода. Новогодние праздники она должна проводить с нами, со своей семьей, а не в тюрьме.
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Thank you very much for your coverage,
@jaketapper
, and your support.
Journalist's first interview since Russian prison release
Watch the full video here:
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It is June 18, 2024, marking eight months since Alsu was arrested in Kazan on October 18, 2023. For these eight months, Russia has held Alsu in a prison cell without allowing her phone calls to her daughters or consular visits as an American citizen. It was eight months ago that
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A fundraising campaign in support of
#Alsu
Kurmasheva, an American journalist unjustly detained in Russia since October 18, is now live: .
No amount of money can alleviate the suffering that Alsu and her loved ones are experiencing now. However, in the
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Kudos to
@VALERIEinNYT
for asking Putin about Americans taken hostage by his government. Even his answer shows that Evan is held not for 'espionage' but for a possible swap. One other U.S. citizen behind bars in Russia is
#Alsu
Kurmasheva, a journalist for
@RFERL
, an editorially
Asked by
@VALERIEinNYT
when he'll release WSJ's Evan Gershkovich, held in Russian prison on absurd espionage charges, Putin says Russia and the US are in talks about an exchange.
"We are ready to return US citizens, but the conditions need to be mutually acceptable," he says.
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Thank you
@amanpour
for putting a spotlight on the Kremlin’s hostage diplomacy. As we approach another court hearing early next week on the extension of American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva’s detention in Russia, I will say it again:
#Alsu
is not a pawn. Taken away from her
On the show this week: Putin’s pawns in the high-stakes game of hostage diplomacy, the sudden exit reverberating through the Biden administration, and the nonagenarian still at the center of the fight for equality.
#TheAmanpourHour
airs 11aET Saturdays on
@CNN
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Девушка, которая вышла в кадр во время прямого эфира программы «Время» на «Первом канале» с антивоенным плакатом — сотрудница канала Мария Овсянникова. -
@OvdInfo
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#PussyRiot
's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaking to journalists after release from Krasnoyarsk prison
http://t.co/QHLPDh8D6f
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Protesters in Prague holding up a sign saying "Russians against war. We're ashamed of the Putin regime's crimes." Russians can protest the war only outside their own country now.
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Russia has kept Alsu prisoner for 270 days – 8 months and 25 days in a prison cell, barred from U.S. consular visits or phone calls with her family.
#Alsu
traveled to Russia for a family emergency but was arrested in October 2023 on absurd charges of not declaring herself a
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Judge Irina Sukhova today extended Alsu’s wrongful detention for another two months, until August 5, 2024. An American citizen, Alsu has already languished in a Russian prison since October 18, 2023.
The Russian government has denied U.S. consular access to Alsu for almost eight
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We are overjoyed to have Alsu back with us. She has done nothing wrong and was unjustly imprisoned by the Russian government simply for being an American citizen and a journalist for RFE/RL. In the free world, she stands as a hero.
Our work is far from over. There are still many
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Alsu is celebrating her birthday today with her family and closest friends. After 14 months of separation, including nine months of demeaning imprisonment on baseless charges, she is finally surrounded by the people she loves—and who love her. It's been just one month since
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29 лет назад погиб Виктор Цой. Вспоминаем правила его жизни |
@CurrentTimeTv
"Нам за честность могут простить практически все" – Правила жизни Виктора Цоя
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Grateful to my daughters for another wonderful Father’s Day. I’m doing the best I can as a single dad while Russia holds
#Alsu
behind bars on trumped up charges, but the girls need their mother. Alsu has been held in Russia for over a year and has been wrongfully imprisoned for
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Today is Alsu’s 120th day in prison. On Valentine’s Day,
#Alsu
is always surrounded by people whom she loves and who love her dearly. But several months ago, Russian authorities captured Alsu in the middle of an act of kindness when she traveled to Russia for a brief trip to help
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"Russia leaves its dead soldiers behind in Ukraine," says a rogue headline on . "This article was not cleared by management.. Make a screenshot before it's taken down."
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Tatarstan’s supreme court today rejected an appeal by
#Alsu
’s lawyers against the extension of her detention until June 5. Alsu’s attorneys once again argued that she shouldn’t be in detention: she is accused of a non-violent offense, she is a woman whose health is deteriorating,
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Thank you
@robertcobrien
. Your support means a lot.
#Alsu
, our daughters, and I need more people like you and
@StateSPEHA
Roger Carstens on our side. There can be no doubt that Alsu’s detention for her work for a congressionally funded media organization is wrongful.
#FreeAlsu
As the former
@StateSPEHA
& NSA, I’m very concerned that US journalist Alsu Kurmasheva hasn’t yet been designated as “wrongfully detained” by the State Dept. She’s been unjustly held in a Russian prison for 8 months & needs Amb Carstens on the case!
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The secrecy of
#Evan
's sham trial and the horrific 16-year sentence once again point to the illegitimacy of the Russian legal system. There is no due process, no jury of your peers, no presumption of innocence. The Russian leader declared Evan a CIA spy several months before the
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As we mark 230 days of Alsu’s detention in Russia today, I thank Chairman
@RepMcCaul
of
@HouseForeignGOP
for his steadfast support for Alsu and our family. My daughters know only a few members of Congress by name, but Rep. Michael McCaul certainly tops that list. His leadership
CHM
@RepMcCaul
: "Today marks one year since Alsu Kurmasheva, a
@RFERL
journalist, was taken hostage by the Kremlin. Putin has kept Alsu from her family for simply doing her job as a journalist. No more delays:
@TravelGov
must designate her as wrongfully detained.”
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Turning 70 today, Putin has ruled Russia for 22 years. In the early 1990s, when Putin headed a committee in the St. Petersburg mayor’s office, his subordinate was caught taking a bribe, with a power of attorney from Putin. Investigation by
@CurrentTimeTV
's
@Soshnikoff
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My heart aches for the family of Dr. Majd Kamalmaz, the Syrian-American psychotherapist and humanitarian worker who traveled around the world helping people heal. He was captured by Assad’s regime and, as we learned yesterday, eventually killed. I met Dr. Kamalmaz’s daughter
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"Absent from Biden’s address was a mention of the second American journalist currently jailed in Russia: Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor at the Tatar-Bashkir service of VOA’s sister outlet, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, or RFE/RL. [...] She was detained in October 2023 on charges
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Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died 71 years ago today. At 8pm CET/2pm EST, watch Sergei Loznitsa's incredible documentary "State Funeral," which features rare footage of the funeral and official mourning following Stalin's death. on
@CurrentTimeTV
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"I hope they take their time in their recovery. I hope that they do the hard work of trying to process and come to terms with what they’ve experienced. I hope that they’re able to reconnect fully with their families."
Solid advice from
@jrezaian
to the Americans just released
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This
#FourthOfJuly
is our second
#IndependenceDay
without Alsu.
Top image: Alsu and her family celebrate the
#4thOfJuly
in 2022 in New York.
Middle: Drawn by the promise of free speech and press freedom,
#Alsu
takes her oath of allegiance during her U.S. naturalization ceremony
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As you make your New Year's resolutions, keep American journalists Alsu Kurmasheva and Evan Gershkovich, imprisoned in Russia, in your thoughts. The criminal charges brought by the Russian authorities against Alsu and Evan are different, but they are both in Russian captivity
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Throughout our campaign to secure
#Alsu
’s release from wrongful detention in Russia, Diane Foley has been a tremendous source of strength and inspiration for me and my daughters.
@FoleyDi
, your support has meant the world to our family, especially during those darkest moments
Deepest gratitude to all of you for your prayers and donations that have helped us bring home over 130 innocent fellow Americans!
#JimFoley10
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#Alsu
has now spent six months in a Russian prison. For half a year, my wife and the mother of our two young daughters, American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, has been jailed in Kazan on charges that make no sense to her, to her fellow inmates, or even to the crack team of
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Putin literally said Turkey was trying to lick America's behind.
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A Russian court has extended
#Alsu
’s detention for another two months. Today is Alsu’s seventh Friday in prison. She is not a criminal. She shouldn’t be in jail. As an American citizen Alsu must be granted consular access immediately. The “foreign agent” charges against her are
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From a Russian prison cell,
#Alsu
sends this Christmas message to her friends and supporters:
“My dear friends in Prague and around the world!
Thank you so much for keeping me and my family in your thoughts and prayers. Your messages and support get through the jail bars and
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Today is International Women’s Day and
#Alsu
's 143rd day in a Russian jail. Alsu, a mother of two young daughters, has been detained on absurd charges by a government that claims to respect motherhood and "family values" but engages in blatant human rights abuses against women.
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Today, March 18, marks five months since
#Alsu
was arrested in Russia on 'foreign agent' charges. Since October 18, 2023, my two daughters and I have been counting the days, weeks, and months as Alsu is locked up in a tiny prison cell in inhumane conditions, deprived of phone
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If you follow the case of
#AlsuKurmasheva
,
@RFERL
journalist held prisoner in Russia, but have never heard her native
#Tatar
language, you will appreciate this audio recording of Alsu reading a radio promo for
@Azatliq
.
#Alsu
, a member of the Tatar ethnic minority and an
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The Russian rights group Memorial has recognized
#Alsu
Kurmasheva as a political prisoner.
Sergei Davidis, the leader of Memorial's Support of Political Prisoners project
@pzk_memorial
, told
@RFERL
Alsu was designated a political prisoner because the group considers illegal the
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I wholeheartedly subscribe to every word of the letter led by the National Press Club to President Biden regarding Alsu Kurmasheva. It's crucial that Alsu be designated as wrongfully detained immediately. This designation is long overdue and essential for the U.S. government to
WASHINGTON, June 26 – The following is a statement by NPC President
@emrwilkins
on the release of a letter to
@POTUS
calling for the
@StateDept
to officially recognize
@RFERL
journalist Alsu Kurmasheva as wrongfully detained.
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Thank you
@SenatorShaheen
. Your support means the world to
#Alsu
, to me, and to our two young daughters. There can be no doubt that Alsu’s detention by the Russian government for her work for congressionally funded, editorially independent
@RFERL
is wrongful. We expect no justice
For more than a year,
@RFERL
journalist Alsu Kurmasheva has been held behind bars in Russia on trumped up charges.
It’s past time that Alsu is designated as wrongfully detained so the U.S. can work to secure her release and reunite her with her husband and children.
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I appreciate
@juliaioffe
mentioning my wife Alsu Kurmasheva in her latest article, “A White House Prisoner Dilemma”: .
Alsu was arrested in October 2023 for not registering as a “foreign agent,” on charges that no other Russian citizen had been
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Thank you
@RepJasonCrow
for your continuing support as we fight to
#FreeAlsu
. We love Colorado and we’ll bring Alsu back to your beautiful state after she returns to the free world from Russian captivity.
Today, I met with the family of Alsu Kurmasheva, a detained Russian/American journalist.
Taken from her family by a government fearful of the bravery, courage, and integrity of journalists who bring light to dark spaces.
I stand with Alsu and her family.
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Today is Global Running Day. We are a family of runners, and
#Alsu
should be running with us today. Instead, she's being held in pretrial detention in Russia, denied phone calls with her daughters and U.S. consular visits. Alsu has been wrongfully detained in a Russian jail for
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It’s an honor to know Austin’s mom, Debra Tice, an example of perseverance, resilience, and courage. I hope the U.S. government does more to
#FreeAustinTice
It has been 12 years since American journalist Austin Tice was abducted in Syria.
Austin and every American wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad should be home right now — and
@POTUS
and I will continue to fight for their release and stand with their loved ones.
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Thank you,
@RepBrianMast
, for your leadership and support for Alsu, Evan, and all other wrongfully detained Americans. It was an honor to attend the June 13 congressional hearing on their plight. And thank you,
@RepJasonCrow
, for your support and kind words.
#Alsu
will be free
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If negotiations are underway to trade ‘Russian spies next door’ like Anna Dultseva and Artem Dultsev, any such swap must include American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva. She has been imprisoned by the Russian government since October 18, 2023, for her work with a media organization
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Great work by
@VOANews
, and many thanks to
@RFERL
's production team for its contribution. I played only a small part in the massive
#FreeAlsu
campaign, which was led by the
@RFERLPress
advocacy team along with a coalition of press freedom organizations, advocacy groups, and
My teenage daughters shouldn't have had to fight for my release. But it's all on the family and they learned that. I will be grateful forever to my husband
@PashaButorin
and my daughters for getting me out of Russian prison.
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.
@CurrentTimeTV
asked people in several Russian cities if they'd heard about Bucha. Many echoed the Kremlin's line that images of atrocities were "fake." Some called the killings "horrible," others were too afraid to share their true feelings. |
@RFERL
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@JohnCleese
@JohnCleese
John, thank you. Carlson's well-choreographed trip to Russia took place amid draconian restraints on other foreign journalists. Two American journalists, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and my wife,
@RFERL
's
#Alsu
Kurmasheva, are currently imprisoned by
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Absolutely. Diane
@FoleyDi
has been a tremendous source of strength and inspiration for us as we fought to
#FreeAlsu
. I revere Diane's resilience and courage.
Nothing but respect for
@FoleyDi
as she keep a bright light on the legacy of Jim Foley through the
@JamesFoleyFund
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I'm grateful to my 'Běženci' teammates for wearing
#FreeAlsu
t-shirts as we ran the annual 360-kilometer
@VLTAVARUN
race this past weekend. Your support means the world to me and my daughters, and it provides a source of strength and endurance to Alsu, who has been imprisoned by
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Thank you Bill
@mccarrennews
,
@wppressfreedom
, and
@PressClubDC
.
Alsu is not a criminal. She is sorely missed at home.
#FreeAlsu
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On this Mother’s Day,
#Alsu
’s daughters can’t hug her or talk to her. Alsu has been in Russian detention for nearly seven months on charges of not declaring herself a “foreign agent” as an American journalist. The Russian government separated Alsu from her kids when it first
This
#MothersDay
, our thoughts are with
@RFERL
journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who is unjustly detained by Russia. Alsu has not been able to speak to her two young daughters for seven months.
Here's what her daughter Bibi told
@CNN
's
@jaketapper
about her mom:
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@KevinRothrock
I don't mean to snitch but the Foreign Ministry spokesperson links her Facebook page to her Instagram account
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“‘We know that Alsu is not a criminal. We know that she is behind bars because of her work at RFE/RL and her American citizenship. Russia has made it explicitly clear that it’s targeting Alsu because of her reporting,’ Butorin said in his remarks.
Butorin also called on the
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Děkuji
@simontrantina
a
@NewsroomCT24
za reportáž o nespravedlivém věznění mé ženy a novinářky
@RFERL
Alsu Kurmaševové v Rusku.
#Alsu
je v ruské věznici, protože je americkou občankou a novinářkou nezávislého zpravodajství financovaného ze Spojených států. Alsu nazývá Prahu
Alsu Kurmaševová, americko-ruská novinářka, která na jaře odjela za svou nemocnou matkou z Prahy do Ruska. Její cesta se však brzy změnila – nejdřív ji ruské úřady zadržely a v říjnu zatkly. Proč?👇 Její příběh podrobněji ukážeme v dnešním Newsroomu.
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#Alsu
should be home with her family this
#Christmas
, not in a Russian prison cell, deprived of phone calls with her children, prohibited from receiving books, and denied visits from the U.S. Embassy. There can be no doubt in anyone’s mind that Alsu Kurmasheva’s detention in
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A beautiful piece of writing. Thank you
@liamjscott
for your consistent coverage of Alsu’s unjust imprisonment in Russia and our family’s plight.
@VOANews
has been terrific in its coverage and support as we fought to
#FreeAlsu
.
My story on covering Evan and Alsu's cases from their arrests to their release, featuring comments from
@PashaButorin
@paulwsj
@kellymcb
@Sulliview
@JaredGenser
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Ksenia Karelina is on trial in Russia today for exercising her First Amendment rights as an American while on U.S. soil. This kangaroo trial is outrageous and should not be happening. As an American, Ksenia has every right to peaceful assembly and association. Russia should
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Belarusian journalist Andrey Kuznechyk has now spent 1,000 days behind bars. On November 25, 2021, Andrey, a freelance journalist for RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, was detained while on a bike ride near his home in Minsk.
After a sham trial in June 2022, Belarusian authorities
My happiness for those released from prison in Belarus is overshadowed by sadness for all who are still behind bars. More than 1,300 political prisoners remain. Among them is
@RFERL
journalist Andrei Kuznechyk, who was arrested exactly 1,000 days ago. They all deserve freedom.
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American citizen and
@RFERL
journalist Alsu Kurmasheva has been in jail for more than three weeks, but Russian authorities have NOT yet officially notified the United States of her detention or responded to U.S. requests for consular access. Alsu is not a criminal,
#FreeAlsu
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NEW!!! The U.S. has NOT yet been officially notified by the Russian Government of
@RFERL
journalist Alsu Kurmasheva's detention, a State Department spokesperson tells me.
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#PressFreedom
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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“American journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva remain imprisoned.”
“We once again call on all participating States to respect media freedom, and urge those who have unjustly detained or imprisoned journalists for doing their jobs to release them immediately.
We
Since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has banned, blocked, or targeted virtually all independent media in Russia as it tries to hide the true cost of its brutal war from the Russian people. Russia has forced into self-imposed exile independent outlets such as
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