EPISODE · Mar 15, 2025 · 33 MIN
ALSU KURMASHEVA AND PAVEL BUTORIN: Press Freedom Fighters
from Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin · host Budd Mishkin
Send us Fan MailHow do you return to a normal life after experiencing pain, loss and then unbridled joy?Alsu Kurmasheva is a Russian American journalist who works for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague. She was detained in her native Russia while visiting her mother in 2023 and later arrested on charges of “spreading false information” about the Russian military, charges that Alsu and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty deny. While his wife was detained for more than 9 months, her husband Pavel Butorin, also a journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, advocated for her release while taking care of their two daughters. Finally, the family’s dreams were realized when Alsu was included in a prisoner swap between Russia and the United States in August, 2024. Alsu and Pavel are back in Prague, busy with work, raising two daughters and getting accustomed to a new normal: life after detainment.
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Send us Fan Mail How do you return to a normal life after experiencing pain, loss and then unbridled joy? Alsu Kurmasheva is a Russian American journalist who works for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague. She was detained in her native Russia while visiting her mother in 2023 and later arrested on charges of “spreading false information” about the Russian military, charges that Alsu and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty deny. While his wife was detained for more than 9 months...
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