Russia convicts 2nd American journalist in secret trial

FILE - Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service, attends a court hearing in Kazan, Russia, April 1, 2024.

A Russian court confirmed Monday that American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva was convicted in a closed-door trial seen widely as retaliatory.