U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed his Russian counterpart for the release of recently detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a phone call, the State Department said, following his detention last week on espionage charges.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed his Russian counterpart for the release of recently detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a phone call, the State Department said, following his detention last week on espionage charges. https://ift.tt/2c7lnaR