‘Secretary Blinken conveyed the United States’ grave concern over Russia’s unacceptable detention of a US citizen journalist’, the State Department said. Lavrov countered it was unacceptable for Washington to politicise the case of the Wall Street reporter.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the immediate release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich who Russia has accused of spying, during a telephone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday, the US State Department said. “Secretary Blinken conveyed the United States’ grave concern over Russia’s unacceptable detention of a US citizen journalist. The Secretary called for his immediate release,” US State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said in a statement that did not mention Gershkovich by name.
