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Sister of kidnapped Russian-Israeli Princeton academic urges Biden admin to pressure Iraq
Tsurkov was kidnapped in Baghdad by an Iranian-backed terrorist group with formal ties to the Iraqi government

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In this Sept., 2018 selfie image provided by Emma Tsurkov, right, she and Elizabeth Tsurkov are shown in Santa Clara Valley, Calif.
The sister of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli doctoral student at Princeton University who was kidnapped a year ago in Iraq by an Iranian-backed militia group, is urging the Biden administration to pressure the Iraqi government to secure Tsurkov’s release....