U.S. rejects proposal for spy swap of ex-Marine held in Russia
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was detained and accused of espionage, attends a court hearing in Moscow/ MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States rejected on Wednesday a suggestion it seek a prisoner swap involving a former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia for nearly a year over spying allegations, and called for his immediate release. Paul Whelan, who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports, was detained by agents from Russia's Federal Security Service in a Moscow hotel room on Dec. 28 last year. After a U.S. diplomat visited him in ...
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