![]() ![]() He has been imprisoned in Russia for nearly four years, accused of. ![]() early Friday.ĭavid Whelan says his family was notified by the White House prior to the prisoner swap that Griner would be coming home and Paul would not, which he said allowed them to "process the information in private. Whelan, a former Marine who lived in Novi, was the head of global security for BorgWarner when he was arrested Dec. She was released on Thursday in a high-profile prisoner swap with notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout and arrived back in the U.S. Griner, meanwhile, is a WNBA player who was imprisoned for nearly 10 months after Russian authorities said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil - a move some critics say is political. He calls the charges against him "garbage." marine who holds Canadian, American, British and Irish citizenship - has been imprisoned in Russia for nearly four years on espionage charges. "We hope that it will eventually be our day." Whelans arrest came weeks after accused Russian spy Maria Butina pleaded. "Every family of a wrongful detainee feels good for another wrongful detainee coming home, to know they are back with their loved ones," David Whelan, brother of Paul, told CBC News on Friday. citizen who has been detained in Russia on espionage charges for the past four years. basketball star Brittney Griner has returned home and they are patiently awaiting the same result. He is currently being held in the IK-17 penal colony in the Mordovia region, east of Moscow. The twin brother of an Ottawa-born man currently detained in Russia says his family is elated that U.S. After a trial held entirely behind closed doors that US diplomats described as unfair and opaque, Whelan was convicted of spying in 2020, and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum security jail. ![]()
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