Russia jails US-Russian journalist Kurmasheva for over 6 years
A Russian court has sentenced U.S.-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to six and a half years in prison for spreading "false information" about the military, a court spokesperson told AFP on Monday.
"Alsu Kurmasheva was sentenced. Six years, six months," Natalya Loseva, a spokesperson for the Supreme Court of Tatarstan, told AFP. Her employer, RFE/RL slammed the trial as a "mockery of justice".
Source: Associated Press
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