State Department Official Asked Point Blank If They Know The Whereabout Of US Prisoners In Russia

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At a State Department press briefing on Wednesday, Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel was asked about Americans held in Russia.

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00:00Yeah.

00:01QUESTIONS About public reports of political prisoners

00:03in Russia being moved around, some locations unknown.

00:06Vladimir Karamazov, I understand his location is unknown.

00:09Does the U.S. have any information about whether these movements are happening or why they're

00:14happening?

00:15I don't want to speculate on any reasoning.

00:16What I can say is that the United States continues to be focused on working around the clock

00:21to work to get our wrongfully detained American citizens home, and that continues to be the

00:27case, but no updates beyond that.

00:28Does the U.S. know where its detainees are?

00:30MR RATHKE.

00:31So we continue to be in touch appropriately with Russian authorities, in the case of Russia,

00:38about consular access and specific location, but I don't have any updates for you.

00:43Go ahead.

00:44QUESTION.

00:45Yes.

00:46Saket from West America.

00:47So it's been two weeks since two American journalists, Evan Gershkovich and also Kormysheva,

00:53have been convicted.

00:54And does State Department know where they're currently being held?

00:58And Kormysheva also asked for consular access.

01:01Has she been granted a consular access after her conviction?

01:03MR RATHKE.

01:04So I – Olivia just asked a version of that question, so I will point to what I just said

01:1060 seconds ago.

01:11Go ahead.

01:12QUESTION.

State Department Official Asked Point Blank If They Know The Whereabout Of US Prisoners In Russia

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