“I spoke to Foreign Minister Lavrov shortly after Evan was detained, I haven’t spoken to him since. I made clear the imperative of releasing Evan. I made clear the imperative of getting counselor access. We have a channel that President Biden and President Putin established some time ago to try to work on these cases so, we’re engaged. I wish I could say that in this moment there was a clear way forward. We don’t have that in this moment, but it’s something that we’re working towards every single day.” - Sec. Antony Blinken
