Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken mentioned on Wednesday that the U.S. authorities remained “intensely engaged” in efforts to get Moscow to free Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Road Journal reporter who has been held for greater than a month on espionage expenses that his employer and American officers vehemently deny.

Talking at a World Press Freedom Day occasion at The Washington Submit, Mr. Blinken reiterated that President Biden and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had a “particular…


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