US ‘Won’t Stop’ Until Ex-Marine Paul Whelan Is Released From Russian Prison

USA “It will not stop” until the release of former US Marine Paul Whelan, imprisoned in Russia since 2018 and accused of espionage, promised this Thursday the Secretary of State of the North American country, Anthony Blinken.

This is how the leader of US diplomacy expressed himself after USA Y Russia will carry out a prisoner exchange between the American basketball player Brittney Griner and the Russian arms dealer Victor But.

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“We have made every possible offer in our power to secure Paul’s release, but there has been no way to bring him home to Brittney.”Blinken said during a press conference in Washington.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs explained that the Russian authorities have given a different treatment to the case of Whelanaccused of espionage, regarding the grinnerarrested last February for carrying cannabis oil in her suitcase.

And with the exchange of prisoners this Thursday, the Government American had to choose between “bring one or none”he claimed.

The Secretary of State promised that the Government of Joe Biden it remains “absolutely committed” with achieving the release of Whelansentenced to 16 years in prison and whose fragile state of health has been repeatedly denounced by his lawyers.

“We are in contact with his family and we will continue working. We won’t stop until Paul is home”, he asserted blinken.

Russia Y USA completed this Thursday one of the most notorious and unequal swaps in recent years by exchanging the basketball player Brittney Grinerconvicted of possession of cannabis, by the arms dealer known as the “merchant of death”, Viktor Bout, who was serving 25 years in a US prison.

“He is safe, he is on a plane. He’s coming back home.”Biden announced on Twitter, alluding to Griner.

Bout was pardoned by Biden and Griner by the Russian president, Vladimir Putinwhich paved the way for their exchange on Thursday in the United Arab Emirates.

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Source: Elcomercio

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