Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that his country "will not forgive" the United States for refusing to grant visas to Russian journalists. "We will not forget and we will not forgive," Lavrov said before heading to New York, denouncing Washington's decision as "ridiculous" and "cowardly" Last month, American journalist Ivan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, which the journalist vehemently denied as well as the newspaper where he works, RIA Novosti reported.