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Russian court extends pre-trial detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva

A Russian court on Monday extended the pre-trial detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who faces 15 years in prison on charges of spreading “false information,” according to her employer.

In court in the western city of Kazan on Monday, Kurmasheva smiled but complained about the poor state of the cell where she was being held, an AFP reporter said.

A journalist at the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), she was arrested last year for failing to register as a “foreign agent”.

RFE/RL says she was subsequently charged with spreading false information under new censorship laws following Russia’s military offensive on