American Paul Whelan, Held In Russia On Spy Charges, Is Sentenced To 16 Years

By Scott Neuman

U.S. citizen Paul Whelan attends a sentencing hearing on Monday at the Moscow City Court on charges of espionage against Russia.

Whelan was arrested in 2018 at a hotel in Moscow. Russian officials say he was in possession of classified information, but the former U.S. Marine says he was set up.

(Image credit: Anton Novoderezhkin/Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS)

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