![]() Whelan, a Michigan corporate security executive, has been imprisoned in Russia since December 2018 on espionage charges that his family and the U.S. Special Presidential for Hostage Affairs. Should that happen, his case would be largely transferred to the office of the U.S. officials said they were considering a similar determination for Gershkovich that could be made at any time. Blinken called for his immediate release.īlinken also sought the immediate release of Whelan, whom the statement said was wrongfully detained. In the call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Blinken conveyed “grave concern” over the Kremlin’s detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich on espionage allegations, according to a State Department summary of the call. ![]() WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone call between the diplomats 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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