The sister of Paul Whelan, a US citizen who is wrongfully detained in Russia, on Thursday expressed frustration at her brother’s continued imprisonment in Russia and called on the White House to bring him home.
“Paul Whelan deserves better than he is getting for results. He has the White House attention to his case and now he needs the White House to get the job done,” Elizabeth Whelan said in a video posted to Facebook. Paul Whelan, who also holds British, Irish and Canadian citizenships, has been detained in Russia for more than four years on espionage charges, for which he was sentenced to 16 years in prison in June 2020.
US officials have said that Russia refused to negotiate a trade for Paul Whelan when they brought home Griner. Elizabeth Whelan expressed frustration that it seemed “the US government will not act with speed until there is sufficient public pressure, at which time they give the Russians whatever they want, always accepting the Russian position that Paul Whelan can’t be part of the trade for some made-up Russian reason.
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