Radio Free Europe journalist and US citizen Alsu Kurmasheva detained in Russia

Russian-American was being held at a temporary detention centre, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists

A Russian-American journalist working for Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent, according to her employer and a journalist watchdog group.

Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with the US-funded outlet, was being held at a temporary detention centre, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a statement, citing state media Tatar-Inform.