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Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday directly urged Russia to free an American journalist who was detained last week on suspicion of espionage -- which the White House has called "ridiculous." The State Department said Blinken had spoken with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Sunday. However, readouts from each side show how sharply the countries are at odds over Evan Gershkovich, whose arrest adds to the list of high-profile detentions of Americans in Russia -- some of which have been used as bargaining chips in protracted ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday directly urged Russia to free American Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after he was detained last week

(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday directly urged Russia to free an American journalist who was detained last week on suspicion of espionage -- which the White House has called "ridiculous." The State Department said Blinken had spoken with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Sunday. However, readouts from each side show

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday directly urged Russia to free an American journalist who was detained last week on suspicion of espionage -- which the White House has called "ridiculous." The State Department said Blinken had spoken with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Sunday. However, readouts from each side show how sharply the countries are at odds over Evan Gershkovich, whose arrest adds to the list of high-profile detentions of Americans in Russia -- some of which have been used as bargaining chips in protracted ...

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday directly urged Russia to free an American journalist who was detained last week on suspicion of espionage -- which the White House has called "ridiculous." The State Department said Blinken had spoken with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Sunday. However, readouts from each side show how sharply the countries are at odds over Evan Gershkovich, whose arrest adds to the list of high-profile detentions of Americans in Russia -- some of which have been used as bargaining chips in protracted ...