Finding Joy In Small Things: How Alsu Kurmasheva's Prison Letters Kept Hope Alive

After spending 288 days in Russian detention, RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva was released on August 1 as part of a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia. During her detention, Kurmasheva chronicled much of what she experienced in her letters to friends and family, some of which are now being published by RFE/RL.