“Now I Feel Safe”: Prague-based journalist speaks to Czech Radio after nine months in Russian detention

Photo: Matěj Skalický, Vinohradská 12

Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist, was released in a landmark prisoner exchange in August, following nine months in Russian detention. The mother of two was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military. On August 1, she was finally reunited with her family, along with Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, and Paul Welan. Kurmasheva sat down to speak to Czech Radio’s Matěj Skalický about her experience.

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Author: Jakub Ferenčík