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Radio Free Europe journalist and US citizen Alsu Kurmasheva detained in Russia

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Not sure if I missed it in the article, but why would she even chance going into Russian in current political climate? Being a martyr ain’t all it’s cracked up to be
- Article says she traveled to Russia for a family emergency.
  
  I guess that might be worth chancing but I bet 99% of the time she would’ve ended up in jail
- Kurmasheva, who normally lives in Prague, entered Russia on 20 May for a family emergency, the CPJ said.
  Well, now they have two
Are the journalists also CIA agents, or is the org just funded by the CIA?
- I don't think that has been the case for about 50 years now.

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