In Rare Call to Russian Counterpart, Blinken Urges Release of Americans
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone since the Ukraine war, to immediately release a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained last week as well as another imprisoned American, Paul Whelan, the State Department said Sunday.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone since the Ukraine war, to immediately release a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained last week as well as another imprisoned American, Paul Whelan, the State Department said Sunday.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with his Russian counterpart after the American basketball star Brittney Griner, who was detained for almost 10 months by Russia, urged the U.S. government to use “every tool possible” to secure Evan Gershkovich’s release.
Blinken conveyed "grave concern" over the Kremlin's detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich on espionage allegations and called for his immediate release.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by security agents in Russia for alleged spying. Moscow has accused the US of politicizing the journalist's case.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke Sunday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and called for the "immediate release" of detained Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, according to the US State Department.
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