Paul Whelan’s family has been reliving the distress of the early days following his arrest in Moscow in 2018 since another American, the reporter Evan Gershkovich, was also detained on espionage charges, his brother said on Tuesday. Mr. Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, is serving a 16-year prison sentence on what the United States says […]
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Paul Whelan, American Prisoner in Russia, Contacts Family After Weeks of Silence
Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia, called his family on Friday morning, breaking a silence that his family called highly unusual and that led the Biden administration to express concern for his well-being. “Paul called our parents today at around 5:30 a.m. Eastern,” Mr. Whelan’s brother, David, wrote in an email to supporters. He […]