National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the United States and Russia will hold high-level talks this week about the fate of US spy Paul Whelan. expressed this during Press briefing at the White House.
“We will meet with Russia this week about Whelan,” Sullivan told reporters.
US citizen Paul Whelan was found guilty of espionage in Russia. Now in a colony in Mordovia.
Earlier, American leader Joe Biden had said he wanted to trade Whelan, but Moscow had refused. The American has been in a Russian prison for almost four years.
White House Representative John Kirby declarationHe said the United States would work to extradite American Paul Whelan, who was convicted of espionage in the Russian Federation. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in an interview with CBS that Washington is actively cooperating with the Russian side on a possible prisoner exchange.
Viktor Bout, formerly a citizen of the Russian Federation it was He returned to Russia as a result of the deal he made with the United States regarding the trade he made with the American basketball player Brittney Griner.