The US administration is working to provide consular access to Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who has US citizenship and is detained in Russia (the agency is included on the list of foreign agents by the Department of Justice). This was stated by the head of the press service of the American State Department, Matthew Miller. TASS,
He announced that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the Russian government for more information about this situation.
Kazan Sovetsky District Court on Monday, October 23, arrested Kurmashev until December 5. He is suspected of evading duties prescribed by the legislation of the Russian Federation for foreign agents.
Lawyer Edgar Matevosyan said that Kurmasheva does not consider herself guilty.
The investigation requested his detention for 1.5 months for refusing to register as a foreign agent. Following Kurmasheva’s detention, the US State Department called on US citizens “not to travel to Russia for any reason” and the EU demanded that Moscow comply with its human rights obligations.
Formerly Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry announced foreign agent.