(Reporting by David Lawder;)
david.lawder.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary
Janet Yellen on Tuesday condemned "in the strongest possible
terms" Russia's detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan
Gershkovich and said she was hoping for his release very soon.
"Russia's continued attempts to intimidate, repress and
punish independent journalists and civil society voices is a
matter of great concern," Yellen told a news conference at the
start of International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring
Meetings.
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