US and Irish Embassy officials were able to visit with Paul Whelan at his remote penal colony in Russia on Wednesday, his brother said in an email. His last in-person visit was in June.
His last in-person visit was in June. A State Department official confirmed the visit. Whelan has US, Canadian, British, and Irish citizenships. Discussions between the US and Russia to try to secure the release of Whelan and Brittney Griner, who has been moved to a penal colony in the same region of Russia, have yet to yield a result. The US has put forward a “significant proposal,” which CNN reported includes a prisoner exchange for Viktor Bout.
“As in the past, food, that Paul had requested that the US Embassy bring to supplement his meagre prison rations, was refused by the prison,” David Whelan continued. “The regulations have changed recently and canned food was banned. In a typical outcome, the prison allowed canned food but opened it all to see what was inside, so it is now all perishable. Then they denied other food that was non-perishable.
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