15, 2025 5:16 p.m. Former Marine Paul Whelan said ... After a sham trial, Whelan was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison. He was moved to Mordovia, where he was forced to work in a factory ...

Paul Whelan, a U.S. Marine veteran who was detained while attending a wedding in Russia and freed after nearly 6 years in captivity, spoke with NBC News' Tom Llamas on the recent release of ...

America’s federal prison system held 35 Russian nationals ... Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan home to the United States—and sent back to Russia a Kremlin ...

US Marine veteran Paul Whelan, and Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva. Anne Fogel told the BBC at the time of feeling "betrayal" when she learnt that her brother was not included in the ...

American school teacher Marc Fogel has been released by Russia, the Trump administration said, amid talks with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.

They expressed disappointment that he was not released at the same time as Americans Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva in August. "Marc Fogel is a good man who made a mistake, and now ...