A Moscow court on June 27 issued an arrest warrant for journalist Farida Kurbangaleyeva on charges of justifying terrorism and the distribution of false information about Russia's military. Last week, Russian authorities added Kurbangaleyeva to their wanted list and the registry of terrorists and extremists. Kurbangaleyeva lives in Prague. Through the years, Kurbangaleyeva worked at various leading television channels in Russia and Current Time, the Russian-language TV and digital network run by RFE/RL, in Prague. She has a YouTube channel where she often interviews Ukrainian and Russian politicians and political observers. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service, click here.
Russian Warrant Issued For Journalist Kurbangaleyeva
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