INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Kremlinsaid Friday it is not aware of the criminal case against the Russian-American journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty who
was arrested Wednesday on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent.Alsu Kurmasheva was temporarily detained at an airport in
central Russia on June 2, where both her United States and Russian passports were confiscated and she was fined for failing to register her
Peskov told reporters.Peskov denied that Moscow was pursuing a campaign to persecute United States citizens after Kurmasheva became the
second United States journalist held by Russia in less than a year.Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been held in Moscow
since March on espionage charges, which his lawyers and employer reject
measures are taken against them
