MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news reports say a Ukrainian journalist who was kidnapped by rebels in Syria five months ago is now free.

Anhar Kochneva was working as an interpreter for a Russian TV crew when she was kidnapped in western Syria on Oct. 9 by members of the Free Syrian Army, according to the Ukrainian government. Her kidnappers reportedly threatened to kill her unless a ransom was paid.

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