Alsu Kurmasheva Detained

A Russian court on Friday extended the pre-trial detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- arrested for failing to register as a "foreign agent" -- until February 5, her employer said.

Russia on Thursday formally charged a detained US-Russian journalist with failing to register as a "foreign agent" in a case rights groups have called an "egregious" escalation of Moscow's decade-long campaign against independent media.

Russia on Friday ordered Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to be detained three more days, after prosecutors said she had failed to register as a "foreign agent".

A Russian court on Friday extended the pre-trial detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- arrested for failing to register as a "foreign agent" -- until February 5, her employer said.

Russia on Thursday formally charged a detained US-Russian journalist with failing to register as a "foreign agent" in a case rights groups have called an "egregious" escalation of Moscow's decade-long campaign against independent media.

Russia on Friday ordered Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to be detained three more days, after prosecutors said she had failed to register as a "foreign agent".