US State Secretary and Russian Foreign Minister hold first phone call since July 2022

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have held their first phone call since July 2022. Source: European Pravda, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Details: The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Blinken and Lavrov discussed the illegal detention in Russia of Evan Gershkovich, a journalist from The Wall Street Journal, whom Russia accused of espionage. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/2/7396108/