Kurmasheva’s husband, Pavel Butorin, told The Associated Press after her arrest he hoped the U.S. government would use “every avenue and every means available to it” to win her release, including designating her as wrongfully detained.
More Americans are winding up in Russian jails. Prospects for their release are unclear
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Butorin said his wife didn’t travel to Russia as a journalist and was doing no reporting work there.
'We want her back,' husband of U.S. journalist detained in Russia appeals for her immediate release
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