Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 4 Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will seek contact with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN ministerial meeting in Cambodia to discuss a prisoner swap, said National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby. «He's been very, very involved in this issue from the very beginning, and I have no doubt that if he has the opportunity to catch Mr. Lavrov by the button, he will,» Kirby told MSNBC. The topic gained additional resonance after a Russian court sentenced American basketball player Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug smuggling and possession. ignored the question of the exchange of another Russian besides Bout
