but in my view without his leadership & involvement, these hostages would never have come home. #BritneyGriner #EvanGershkovich #PaulWhelan #AlsuKurmasheva #VladimirKaraMurza #TrevorReed c: @latimes.com @sundance.bikesky.social @susanindelaware.bsky.social @lisacameback.bsky.social

Alsu Kurmasheva spent 288 days in Russian detention under “foreign agent” laws.

Her story, shared at #IJF2025, raises critical questions about press freedom and how such laws are spreading globally.

#PressFreedom #Journalism #MediaLaw #AlsuKurmasheva #ForeignAgentLaws

Voice of America Goes Quiet. And, Apocalypse Now? | On the Media | WNYC Studios The Trump administration has cut funding for Voice of America, the 80-year-old state media network. On this week’s On the Media, how pulling federal funds from VOA’s parent organizati...

#VoiceOfAmerica #RadioFreeEurope #AlsuKurmasheva

Inside an American reporter’s Russian prison ordeal Russian authorities put Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Alsu Kurmasheva behind bars, but they couldn’t outsmart her.

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Inside an #American reporter’s Russian #prison ordeal
Russian authorities put #RadioFreeEurope #RadioLiberty’s #AlsuKurmasheva behind bars, but they couldn’t outsmart her.

President Joe Biden hugs Alsu Kurmasheva after arriving on U.S. soil from Russia. 8/2024. -- AP

#Photography #Photographs #Pictures #Photos #PhotoJournalism #PhotoJournalismPhotography #Politics #USPolitics #PrisonerSwap #PresidentBiden #Russia #JoeBiden #AlsuKurmasheva

Three Americans are back on US soil after prisoner swap with Russia The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist � Evan Gershkovich � and fellow American � Paul Whelan , along ....

Three Americans are back on US soil after prisoner swap with Russia
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#Politics #USPolitics #ForeignPolicy #PrisonerSwap #Russia #PaulWhelan #EvanGershkovich #AlsuKurmasheva

Evan Gershkovich, others arrive in U.S. after landmark prisoner swap The swap of at least two dozen people caps months of painstaking diplomacy involving negotiations at the highest levels of multiple governments.

Evan Gershkovich, others arrive in U.S. after landmark prisoner swap
#EvanGershkovich, #PaulWhelan and #AlsuKurmasheva stepped onto U.S. soil late Thursday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where they were greeted by President Biden and Vice President Harris.

The fact Russia tried journalists #EvanGershkovich and #AlsuKurmasheva in secret says a lot about the charges against them, and about the system that staged these proceedings. Closing the trial, in violation

Russian/American Journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Sentenced by Putin Regime to Six Years in Jail The surprise here , given Putin's pettiness and brutality, is that the sentence  Alsu Kurmasheva received was not considerably longer, but ...

#MarsHillBlog Post On the Russian/American journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, being sentenced to six years in jail by the Putin Regime #VladimirPutin #Russia #AlsuKurmasheva #RadioFreeEurope #RadioLiberty paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/07/russ...