{"id":2073349,"date":"2023-10-19T16:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T20:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-american-journalist-charged-with-failure-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T16:50:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T20:50:21","slug":"russian-american-journalist-charged-with-failure-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-american-journalist-charged-with-failure-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian-American journalist charged with not registering as foreign agent."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-american-journalist-charged-with-failure-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2073349&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The new headquarters of\u2063 the Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty (RFE\/RL) is pictured shortly after the official opening \u200bof RFE\/RL\u2019s new headquarters on May 12, 2009 in Prague.\u200c AFP PHOTO\/MICHAL CIZEK\u2062 (Photo credit should read \u2062MICHAL CIZEK\/AFP via \u200cGetty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>1:35 PM \u2013 Thursday, October 19, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American \u200cjournalist, has been arrested in\u2064 Kazan,\u200b Russia, for\u2062 \u201cfailing to register as a foreign agent.\u201d If convicted, the sentence \u200bcarries a jail term of up to\u200b five years behind bars.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Kurmasheva, who holds\u2063 both Russian and United States citizenship, was detained while awaiting the return of her \u200dpassports in Kazan, according to her employer, who made a statement on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>According to a local \u200cmedia site, authorities charged her with \u201cfailing to register as a foreign agent\u201d and \u201ccollecting information on\u200d behalf of foreign governments.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Kurmasheva, who \u2064is based in Prague,\u200d is a reporter at <em>Radio Free\u2063 Europe\/Radio Liberty <\/em>(RFE\/RL), which is a\u200c U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-american-journalist-charged-with-failure-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent\/\" title=\"Russian-American journalist charged with not registering as foreign agent.\">government-funded broadcasting network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062company \u200bmentioned that Kurmasheva has\u2064 been working with their Tatar-Bashkir Service.<\/p>\n<p>RFE\/RL\u200d stated that Kurmasheva\u2019s charges indicate that she \u2062had \u2063failed to sign up \u2062as foreign agent,\u200b which is essential since it is an assignment that the country of Russia mandates\u2063 for all agencies or individuals that it believes to\u2064 be receiving foreign funding. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 US citizen Alsu Kurmasheva, editor at Radio Free \u2064Europe \/ Radio Liberty, a US-funded news organization, has been taken by masked Putin regime enforcers in\u200d Tatarstan, Russia on Oct 18. She is falsely accused \u2063of espionage. She had \u2064traveled to Russia for a family emergency.\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hlIBQg2Rv2\">pic.twitter.com\/hlIBQg2Rv2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/igorsushko\/status\/1715058457257357437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, \u20632023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This charge has \u2063been utilized previously in order to target \u200djournalists and those who are vocal\u2062 against the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>The charge holds a\u200c jail term \u200cof up to five\u200c years, according to RFE\/RL. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, RFE\/RL stated that \u200dthe \u2063Russian-American journalist traveled to Russia for\u2063 a \u2063\u201cfamily emergency\u201d in May 2023,\u2064 and was temporarily arrested while she was\u200d waiting for her flight back to \u2063the \u2063Kazan airport on June 2<sup>nd<\/sup>. <\/p>\n<p>During Kurmasheva\u2019s arrest, she had \u2063her U.S. \u2063and\u200b Russian passports taken away and \u200chas not had the ability to\u200b travel out of\u200c Russia since the\u200c occurrence\u2062 happened, leaving her in a state of detention.<\/p>\n<p>She was in the process of waiting for her passports to be given back to her when the new charge was declared on Wednesday. It has demanded for her immediate \u2063release.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, local\u200c media stated that Russian\u200d officials convicted Kurmasheva of \u201cconducting\u200c a targeted\u200c collection of military information about Russian \u2062activities via the Internet\u2063 in order to transmit information\u200c to foreign sources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), \u200ba\u200b media rights group that promotes press freedom\u200d and defends \u2063journalists privileges, made an announcement regarding \u200cthe situation. <\/p>\n<p>The organization \u2064claimed that Kurmasheva\u2019s \u2062accusations are \u201cspurious,\u201d explaining that the charges \u2062should be dropped immediately and that \u2064she should be let go.<\/p>\n<p>Kurmasheva is now\u2062 the second journalist living in the U.S. that has been arrested and\u200d held in Russia in 2023. <\/p>\n<p>In March, <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained on espionage charges and has the potential to face up \u2062to a 20 year sentence if found guilty. Gershkovich has been unable to leave Russia since, as he has been \u2062ordered to remain in detention.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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The\u2062 Russian authorities charged her with failing \u2062to register as a foreign agent and collecting information on behalf \u200bof foreign \u2064governments.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Prague,\u200c Kurmasheva is a \u200dreporter at RFE\/RL, which is a\u2064 U.S. government-funded \u200bbroadcasting network. She has\u200c been\u200c working with their Tatar-Bashkir Service. RFE\/RL stated that Kurmasheva&#8217;s charges imply that she failed to sign up as a \u200dforeign agent, \u2064as mandated\u200d by \u2062the Russian government for all agencies or\u200b individuals \u2064believed to receive foreign funding.<\/p>\n<p>This charge has been used in the past to target journalists and those critical \u2062of the \u200bKremlin. \u2063RFE\/RL reports that the charge carries a jail\u200b term\u2062 of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist, has officially opened the new headquarters of Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty (RFE\/RL) in Prague on May 12, 2009. The photo captures the moment shortly after the inauguration. 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