The U.S. ambassador to Russia was allowed to meet Wednesday with a Michigan man imprisoned in Moscow on suspicion of espionage, the first contact U.S. officials have had with him since he was arrested last week at a hotel.Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor who is now ambassador in Moscow, spoke with Paul Whelan at Lefortovo Detention Facility, a notorious prison that has held many spies and political prisoners in spartan conditions.
United States Ambassador Meets American Detained In Russia
Carol Morello and Amie Ferris-Rotman, the Washington Post, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Wed, 01/02/2019 - 4:23pm
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