US citizen Paul Whelan, who was convicted of espionage in Russia, demanded that US President Joe Biden take all possible measures for his release. This was reported by CBS News.
In a phone call with a CBS News reporter, Whelan addressed Biden. He stated that the US President promised to return him to his homeland. Whelan called on Biden to take all necessary measures to secure his release.
Whelan, who is imprisoned in a Russian penal colony, twice described Biden as the man who decided to abandon him and the man who could bring him home.
American Paul Whelan was previously convicted of espionage in Russia accused He was betrayed because US officials still could not convert him and return him to his homeland.
Whelan was detained in Moscow in 2018. In 2020, the Moscow City Court sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security colony under Art. 276 of the Criminal Code (espionage). The American was sent to one of the Mordovian colonies to serve his sentence.
Previously Biden accused It violates the US Constitution.