A court in Russia has sentenced journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, a dual U.S.-Russian national, to prison after a completely closed trial.
A Russia n court has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva , a Russia n-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russia n army and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said Monday.
She was waiting for her passports to be returned when she was arrested on new charges in October that year. Speaking to CBS News earlier this year, the reporter's 15-year-old daughter Bibi Butorin said the family understood it was a risk for Kurmasheva to travel to Russia, 'but she was only going to go for two weeks, and it was for my sick grandmother.''My mom is definitely my biggest inspiration,' Bibi said. 'And I just miss her, like, more than I can possibly say.
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