Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny said he's been told he faces a new “terrorist case,” in comments posted to one of his official Twitter accounts
Lavrov reiterates Russia’s claim that Whelan and Gershkovich are not wrongly detainedSergei Lavrov speaks as he holds a news conference in New York, on April 25.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov avoided directly answering a question about a possible prisoner swap for Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich, instead mentioning several Russian nationals who are currently being held in US prisons. "We have approximately 60 people who are serving sentences here. And in most cases, the accusations are dubious," Lavrov said.
"They didn't deign to comply with the requirements of the bilateral consular convention, under which if they have any suspicions about Russian citizens, then they need to be not abducted like it's done in Hollywood films, but they need to turn to the Russian Federation and they need to lay out their concerns," Lavrov said.Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich was arrested in March andin prison on espionage charges, which the newspaper vehemently denies.
"In the Russian Federation, there are several American citizens who are serving sentences for various crimes," Lavrov said."I refer to Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich. They were detained when they were committing a crime: receiving material that was a state secret. And the vociferous, pathos-laced statements about journalists by definition not being able to commit crimes is something which we reject.""The channel for the discussion of these matters exists.
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