Elizabet Tsourkov

researcher

Elizabet Tsourkov is a 36-year-old Israeli-Russian researcher who was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023 while conducting research for her doctoral thesis at Princeton University. Her abduction was kept under wraps for several months before being revealed, sparking international concern and ongoing efforts by Iraqi security forces to locate and rescue her. Despite the lack of responsibility claimed by any organization and the absence of demands for her release, Iraqi authorities are working discreetly to find her, using intermediaries.