Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov discussed the case of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with the U.S. ambassador to Russia on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said, according to the state-run news agency TASS.
Ryabkov repeated the ministry's position that the question of U.S. consular access to Gershkovich case would be handled according to established procedure.
Gershkovich was charged with espionage last week after being detained in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, and remanded in custody for two months. The U.S. government and the Wall Street Journal have denied that he was engaged in spying.
