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 U.S
and Russian passports were confiscated and she was fined for failing to register her American passport with the authorities.She now faces up
campaign to persecute U.S
citizens after Kurmasheva became the second U.S
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
citizens who violate the law and legal measures are taken against them
May 20 for a family emergency.She is an editor with the U.S
