Paul Whelan, who was freed Thursday as part of the ... nicknamed “merchant of death,” was serving a 25-year sentence in an Illinois prison. Bout was released in 2022 in an exchange for U.S ...

Washington — Paul Whelan, the former American Marine who ... "that takes me back to being in that court or being in the ...

They were written in neat script on notepad paper. The letters described the bleak existence in his prison camp, which Paul Whelan called “Camp Lostinthewoods.” “My cell has rotten wooden ...

2024 A former U.S. Marine was released from a Russian prison Thursday, ending a nearly six-year confinement for spying in the country on charges U.S. officials say were trumped up. Paul Whelan was ...

Paul Whelan, the longest-serving American deemed unlawfully detained in Russia, spoke about his time in prison and praised the work of his family and the government to secure his release.

The American could be facing up to 20 years in prison. He also has UK, Irish and Canadian citizenship. FSB security officers burst into Paul Whelan's room at a central Moscow hotel in December 2018.

The White House is under pressure to free ex-US Marine Paul Whelan, who has been in a Russian ... sentenced by a Russian court to 16 years in prison in 2018 on spying charges.

PAUL WHELAN: Right. Yeah, who wants to leave a tourist in prison for no reason? MARGARET BRENNAN: Were you working in any way ...

US Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy visited Paul Whelan ... Ambassador Tracy visited #PaulWhelan at IK17 prison in Mordovia," the embassy tweeted. Whelan, who has citizenship of the US, Canada ...