Russian Court Again Extends Detention Of RFE/RL Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva

A court in Kazan, Russia, has extended the pretrial detention of RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva until August 5 and rejected her lawyers' request to move her to house arrest. Kurmasheva, a dual U.S. and Russian citizen based in Prague, has been detained since October on charges considered baseless by press freedom groups. At the May 31 hearing, she spoke about receiving inadequate medical care in prison and being denied the chance to speak to her two daughters.