During remarks on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about the detainment of Alsu Kurmasheva, an American-Russian dual-citizen who was reporting in Russia.
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00:00 Now on a detained journalist. Unfortunately, Mr. President, yesterday, authorities detained
00:05 a journalist with dual U.S.-Russian citizenship on specious charges of failing to register
00:11 as a foreign agent.
00:14 Alsu Kormasheva is now the second American journalist detained by Russia this year after
00:20 Evan Gershkowitz of the Wall Street Journal was arrested in March. We unequivocally condemn
00:26 Russia's unjustifiable detention of Alsu Kormasheva and of Evan Gershkowitz, and we demand they
00:33 be released immediately.
00:35 It's no secret that Russia has a long and disturbing history of unjustly detaining U.S.
00:40 citizens, especially members of the free press. But let me be clear. Journalism is not a crime
00:48 and should never be met with persecution, intimidation, suppression. America stands
00:53 with Al, Sue, and Evan and their families.