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Blinken speaks to Lavrov, urges ‘immediate release’ of Jewish US journalist
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A picture taken on July 24, 2021, shows journalist Evan Gershkovich. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for the “immediate release” of a US journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges in a call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, a spokesperson says.
Blinken “conveyed the United States’ grave concern over Russia’s unacceptable detention of a US citizen journalist. The Secretary called for his immediate release,” spokesperson Vedant Patel says in a statement, adding that the top US diplomat also urged Moscow to release detained American Paul Whelan.
Evan Gershkovich, the American son of Russian Jewish immigrants who worked for the the Wall Street Journal, was detained by security agents in Russia on Wednesday, the newspaper has reported.
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