‘We want her back,’ husband of US journalist detained in Russia appeals for her immediate release

[ad_1] PRAGUE — This wasn’t how Pavel Butorin expected to celebrate his anniversary this week, with his wife of 21 years in a Russian prison and barely any communication available. Russian-American journalist, Alsu Kurmasheva — who works as an editor for U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe — has been detained in Russia for almost a month and charged with failing to self-register as a “foreign agent.” “Alsu should be celebrating this anniversary with me and…

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Fyre Fest’s Billy McFarlane Apologizes In First TV Interview Since Prison Release

[ad_1] McFarland explains why he didn’t call off the festival and what led him down “a terrible path of bad decisions.” Billy McFarland gave his first television interview since being released from prison on “Good Morning America,” where he expressed regret over the complete disaster that was the Fyre Festival. McFarland spent nearly four years behind bars after pleading guilty to two counts of wire fraud to dupe investors into sinking millions of dollars into…

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