US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to seek the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, the two U.S. citizens detained in Russia.
"Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Secretary Blinken conveyed the United States' grave concern over Russia's unacceptable detention of a U.S. citizen journalist," Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said in a press release, referring to Wall Street Journal's Moscow reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested last week.
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by Joji Xavier
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