On November 28, American Paul Whelan, convicted of espionage in Russia, was attacked by another prisoner in the colony. According to Paul's brother, David Whelan, the incident occurred in the sewing workshop of the penal colony IK-17, where the American is serving his sentence. David said that he recently arrived in...
US citizen Paul Whelan, a former Marine who is in a Russian jail on espionage charges, was featured in a rare video broadcast by a Kremlin-backed news channel on August 28, NewYorkPost reports. Arrested in 2018 in Russia, Whelan was found guilty of espionage…
The US has secured the release of WNBA star Britney Griner after she was in Russian custody for nearly 10 months. How many more Americans are languishing in Russian prisons, according to TheHill. U.S. officials worked hard to free Griner, who was detained in…
In February of this year, US citizen Sarah Krivanek was sentenced to a year and 3 months in prison. She became one of two American prisoners serving sentences in Russia (the other is basketball player Britney Gardner, who was sentenced to 9 years for drug smuggling).…