Lavrov and Blinken talked about the journalist’s arrest – Latest news – news

2 April 2023 at 16:28 Lavrov and Blinken talked about the journalist’s arrest Russia and the US foreign ministers Sergey Lavrov and Antony Blinken have talked about the arrest of the Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich. Blinken told Sergej Lavrov that the imprisonment of Gershkovich is unacceptable, the US State Department said on Sunday. Blinken further asked that the American accused of spying be released immediately. The employer, colleagues and the US government reject the accusations that the journalist spied in Russia. 31-year-old Gershkovich was working in Yekaterinburg for the Wall Street Journal when he was arrested. On Thursday, a court in Moscow decided that he should be detained for two months.



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