classifies gershkovich as wrongfully detained but has not yet given that stat tous kurmasheva. state department told us it's deeply concerned about kurmasheva's detention and continues to seek access to her, noting it reviews circumstances surrounding the detentions of u.s. nationals overseas. >> what happens when you designate an individual, a u.s. citizen as wrongfully detained is you bring more resources from the government on their case. and now we really need to make her case as well known as evan is. it's really important, both of them and all the journalists wrongfully detained are freeze. >> reporter: efforts to raise kurmasheva's profile are under way. from a billboard in times square -- >> we want her to be released immediately. >> reporter: -- to a much smaller scale, a group of friends gathering at a prague restaurant. todd benson is from seattle. >> how do you think pavel and the girls are doing? >> they show a great face. but i think deep down they're hurting. >> reporter: and that hurt surfaced while pavel butorin was reading a note his wife sent from jail. >> ce

today. >>> earlier, seth doane told us the story of detained journalist alsu kurmasheva.minutes" helps mark a grim anniversary. >> reporter: look around "the wall street journal" offices in manhattan, evan gershkovich, the hostage, is everywhere. on button, cards, shirts, and screens that stop you in your tracks. this dominates this newsroom. >> totally. boom. >> reporter: so emotional. >> i remember the first time we brought his parents up and they saw it. >> reporter: gut punch? >> totally, absolutely. >> reporter: emma tucker is editor-in-chief. >> i remember the iran hostage situation and the families were told, don't talk about it. let's keep this quiet. let the government do its work. no publicity. >> well, my instinct was to draw attention to this because it was so clearly outrageous. he was accredited, he was doing his job. he had done nothing wrong. my sense of justice was offended by what happened. >> reporter: last march 29th, evan was on assignment in russia when he was arrested by security forces and accused of being a spy. a charge vigorously denied by gersh

i want to tell our viewers that alsu kurmasheva has been in a pre-trial detention center since the end of october last year, she is accused of violating the so-called law on foreign agents, which has been in effect in russia for several years, and the investigation believes that the journalist herself had to provide documents that she is a foreigner. an agent to the register of agents, but this is russia, you don't really understand them sometimes. recently , the general prosecutor's office of russia announced radio freedom does anything change for radio liberty, given that you were previously recognized as a foreign agent. if we are so clearly annoying the russian government, it means that our journalists are doing their job very well. such branding can have a bad effect on both journalists and journalism in general. they try to present the profession as an illegal activity, which is an absurd and dangerous concept. they can call us what they want, but we can clearly say that our work will continue. although in we no longer have an office in russia, we still continue to cover the even

i want to tell our viewers that alsu kurmasheva has been in a pre-trial detention center since the endf october last year, she is accused of violating the so-called law on foreign agents, which has been in effect in russia for several years. believes that the journalist herself should have provided documents that she is a foreign agent to the register of agents, well, this is russia, you don't really understand them sometimes. okay, recently the russian'. recently, the general prosecutor's office of russia declared radio liberty an undesirable organization in the country. does anything change for radio liberty, given that you were previously recognized as a foreign agent? if we are so clearly annoying the russian government, it means that our journalists are doing their job very well. they try to present the profession as an illegal activity, which is an absurd and dangerous concept. they can name us as they want, but we can clearly say that our work will continue. although we don't have any more. office in russia, we still continue to cover the events there, our reports penetrate deep

journalist alsu kurmasheva holds us and russian citizenships.s for evan gershkovich, those who know him just want him home. we all miss, you know, our best friend, we miss talking to him all the time. all his friends feel the same way. there is some part of their lives where there is this big hole, this big absence. evan gershkovich is a journalist who loves russia and loves reporting on russia but he remains in a russianjail. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. some of the news moran arrived. julian assange's addition to the us was put on hold after the us was put on hold after the uk's high court said the us must provide assurances that would have freedom of speech production will not face the death penalty. the court has given the us government three weeks to comply with the order before making its final decision on list stavis rjip's extradition. the use us authorities have sought the wikileaks founder execution on espionage charges. ukraine has qualified for the 2024 european championship after a dramatic 2-1 championship after a dramatic 2—

i want to tell our viewers that alsu kurmasheva has been in a pre-trial detention center since the end of october last year, she is accused of violating the so-called law on foreign agents, which has been in effect in russia for several years, and the investigation believes that the journalist herself should have to provide documents that she is a foreign agent to the register of agents, but this is russia, you don't really understand them sometimes. okay. recently , the general prosecutor's office of russia announced radio freedom is an undesirable organization in the country. is something changing for radio svoboda? given that you were previously recognized as a foreign agent. such branding can have a bad effect on both journalists and journalism in general. they try to present the profession as an illegal activity, which is an absurd and dangerous concept. they can call us... whatever they want, but we can clearly say that our work will continue, although we no longer have an office in russia, we still continue to cover the events there. our reports penetrate deep into russia every

journalist alsu kurmasheva holds us and russian citizenships.for evan gershkovich, those who know him just want him home. we all miss, you know, our best friend, we missed talking to him all the time. all his friends feel the same way. there is some part of their lives where there is this big hole, this big absence. evan gershkovich is a journalist who loves russia and loves reporting on russia but he remains in a russianjail. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. in the us, nbc news has cut ties with the former chairman of the republican national committee. the network had reported the forked at $300,000 to hire ms mcdaniel as its latest page continued in a move that was supposed to bring a broader range of political perspectives to the network. david willis reports. it perspectives to the network. david willis reports.- david willis reports. it isn't unusual. — david willis reports. it isn't unusual, of _ david willis reports. it isn't unusual, of course, - david willis reports. it isn't| unusual, of course, perform former political party officia

journalist alsu kurmasheva holds us and russian citizenships.ch, those who know him just want him home. we all miss, you know, our best friend, we miss talking to him all the time. all his friends feel the same way. there is some part of their lives where there is this big hole, this big absence. evan gershkovich is a journalist who loves russia and loves reporting on russia but he remains in a russianjail. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's look at other news morale about. julian assange's extradition to the us was put on hold after the uk's high court said the us must provide assurances that would have freedom of speech protections and will not face the death penalty. the court has given the us government three weeks to comply with the order before making its final decision on his extradition. kenyan authorities have begun to release remains of those who died in a doomsday cult. pastor paul mackenzie is accused of breaching an apocalyptic message to followers encouraging them to starve to death to see jesus encouraging them to starve to