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US had consular access to Wall Street Journal reporter held in Russia: Blinken

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the country's ambassador in Moscow, Lynne Tracy, was able to visit Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in prison. "I can report based on what Ambassador Tracy has said that he's in good health and good spirits, considering the circumstances. We continue to call for his immediate release from this unjust detention," Blinken told reporters in Japan after G7 talks. SOUNDBITE

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