Updated Dec. 5, 2023 9:57 pm ET
WASHINGTON—U.S. negotiators made a fresh offer to Russia in recent weeks to secure the release of detained Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, but Moscow rejected the American proposal, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.
The offer involved trading prisoners, people familiar with the matter said, but they didn’t offer further details.
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