In Call With Russia, Blinken Asks for American Journalist to Be Freed

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday urged Russia's foreign minister to release Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist detained last week on accusations of espionage.

Blinken 'conveyed the United States' grave concern over Russia's unacceptable detention' of an American journalist, according to a State Department statement that did not directly name Gershkovich.

During the call, Blinken called for