Russia convicts 2nd American journalist in secret trial

A Russian court confirmed Monday that American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva was convicted in a closed-door trial seen widely as retaliatory.

Kurmasheva, who works at VOA's sister outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, or RFE/RL in Prague, was sentenced Friday to six and a half years in prison for spreading false information about the Russian army, according to the website of the Supreme Court of Tatarstan.

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