The United States envoy to the United Nations has made a direct appeal to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, urging him to release two US citizens currently detained in Russia.During a UN Security Council meeting on Monday chaired by Lavrov, Linda Thomas-Greenfield pushed Russia to free former US Marine Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.“I am calling on you, right now, to release Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich immediately, to let Paul and Evan come home. And to cease this barbaric practice once and for all,” the ambassador said at the UN’s headquarters in New York City.
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