Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, state-owned news agencies reported. Russia leaves consular access for Gershkovich open-endedMoscow rejected a US embassy request to visit Gershkovich after Washington refused to grant visas to a group of Russian journalists assigned to accompany Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the United Nations in New York. Russia leaves consular access for Gershkovich open-endedMoscow rejected a US embassy request to visit Gershkovich after Washington refused to grant visas to a group of Russian journalists assigned to accompany Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the United Nations in New York