Russian court extends detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva

Alsu Kurmasheva (AP Photo/Vladislav Mikhnevskii)

A Russian court has ordered a detained Russian-American journalist to be held in jail for two more months pending her trial on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent.

Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the US government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir service, was taken into custody on October 18 and faces charges of not registering as a foreign agent while collecting information about the Russian military.