Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov received a phone call from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. The subject of discussion was the detention in the Russian Federation of American citizen Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested for espionage.
The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that when discussing the issue, the US Secretary of State drew attention to the need to respect the decisions of the Russian authorities, taken in accordance with the legislation and international obligations of the Russian Federation. Russian Federation.
“It was emphasized that officials in Washington and the Western media should not cause a stir with the clear intention of giving this matter a political tinge,” the department said in a statement.
The message from the Russian Foreign Ministry also notes that during the telephone conversation some topical issues of a bilateral nature were also discussed.
Recall that Evan Gershkovich, an employee of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, was detained in Yekaterinburg. American citizen suspected of espionage. According to the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, Gershkovich collected information about one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex, which contained state secrets. The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, noted that an employee of an American newspaper was caught red-handed. The court chose a preventive measure for the accused in the form of detention until May 29, 2023.The message Lavrov discussed with Blinken on the phone about the detention of American Gershkovich
