Detention of Alsu Kurmasheva, Russian-American journalist, extended until April 5 in Russia. Accused of failing to register as a “foreign agent,” she is one of two American reporters to have been arrested in Russia last year, along with Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal.
“Journalism is not a crime. It is time for this cruel persecution to stop,” denounced Jeffrey Gedmin, interim president of RFE/RL, in December.