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Russia Jails Radio Free Europe Journalist for Over Six Years

  • #Espionage
  • #Russia
  • #Media
  • #Freedom of press
  • #Politics
  • #Freedom & human rights
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JUL 2024
Image copyright: Wikimedia Commons
story last updated JUL 2024

The Spin

Anti-Russia narrative

A free and independent press is at the core of a democracy. Moscow has sentenced another American journalist to a long prison sentence on trumped-up charges. It's a sad day for journalism in Russia when truthtellers and dissenting voices are silenced like this. Kurmasheva and Gershkovich should be released immediately.

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Pro-Russia narrative

America's state-run RFE/RL has been an ideological mouthpiece for the CIA since the early days of the Cold War, promoting anti-Soviet and anti-Russia propaganda. So, it's logical that a Russian national working for such an outlet should register as a foreign agent. On top of that, a book she recently edited spreads false information about the war in Ukraine.

RT

Metaculus Prediction


Establishment split

CRITICAL

PRO

Russian court jails journalist for six-and-a-half years after secret trial
GuardianJUL 2024
Russian court extends detention of US journalist Kurmasheva until February
Al JazeeraJUL 2023
Moscow jails Russian-America journalist Alsu Kurmasheva for over six years
Al JazeeraJUL 2024
Russia Sentences Alsu Kurmasheva, American Editor, to a Penal Colony
New York TimesJUL 2024
Russian Court Extends Detention of U.S. Journalist
New York TimesJUL 2023
Russian court extends pre-trial detention of U.S. journalist until Feb. 5
ReutersJUL 2023
Fresh blow for US radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, 47, as court extends her detention in Russia where she faces five years in jail for charge of 'failing to register as a foreign agent'
Daily MailJUL 2023