Blinken vows to push for the journalist Evan Gershkovich's release from Russian prison

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00:00The US is pushing hard for the release of the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
00:05He's been found guilty of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum security penal colony
00:11in Russia.
00:12Western leaders have strongly condemned the verdict, while the UN's Human Rights Office
00:17says it has serious concerns with the sentencing.
00:20It was the first conviction of an American journalist for espionage in Russia since the
00:25end of the Cold War three decades ago.

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