INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have captured a U.S
citizen for allegedly taking part in pro-Ukrainian rallies, accusations that his friends and family deny, The Guardian reported
separatist-controlled city of Donetsk
He had moved to Ukraine in pursuit of a cryptocurrency venture after serving eight years in the U.S
was born in Rwanda and immigrated to the U.S
after the 1994 genocide, faces the added danger of racial discrimination, his friends say.Murekezi is reportedly being held with two other
unlikely to be tried as a mercenary as there is no evidence to suggest he had fought against Russian soldiers, The Guardian reported.The U.S
exact number of Americans held by pro-Russian rebels is unknown.Project Dynamo, a U.S
nonprofit specializing in evacuating Americans from Afghanistan and Ukraine, hassaid it had rescued a number of U.S
