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‘Keep faith’, says Blinken to American national detained in Russia: Report appeared on www.hindustantimes.com by Hindustan Times.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone on Wednesday with American citizen Paul Whelan, who is being held in a Russian prison, CNN reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.
Blinken told Whelan to “keep the faith and we’re doing everything we can to bring you home as soon as possible,” CNN quoted the source as saying.
The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.
Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, was arrested in 2018, held for 18 months in Lefortovo prison in Moscow and jailed for 16 years in 2020 on spying charges. He has denied the accusations.
The United States has designated Whelan as “wrongfully detained,” a term that effectively says the charges are bogus and the case is politically driven.
U.S. ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy, visited Whelan in May in the prison in eastern Russia where he was being held.
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