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Russian official says U.S. exerting 'pressure and threats' over jailed WSJ reporter

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Moscow City Court building after a hearing to consider an appeal against the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, charged with espionage, in Moscow, Russia April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

A senior Russian official accused the United States on Tuesday of exerting "pressure and threats" on Moscow over the case of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, state-owned news agencies reported.

TASS quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying Moscow would ignore such tactics. He did not say what form the alleged pressure had taken.

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