Russia Sentences Alsu Kurmasheva, American Editor, to a Penal Colony Ms. Kurmasheva, a Russian American working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, had been charged in relation to an antiwar book she edited.

Russia Detains a U.S. Journalist, Alsu Kurmasheva Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds dual U.S.-Russian citizenship and works in Prague, was charged with failing to register as a foreign agent after going to Russia for family reasons.