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State department says Moscow turned down ‘substantial’ proposal to secure release of Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan
Russia rejected a new proposal to free two detained Americans, the Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich and former marine Paul Whelan, the US government has said.
A state department spokesman, Matthew Miller, told reporters that the US made several proposals for a deal to return the two men, “including a substantial one in recent weeks”.
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