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US has offered new ‘serious proposal’ to Kremlin for Paul Whelan’s return

By Mike Brest
Published March 2, 2023 5:57pm ET
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US has offered new ‘serious proposal’ to Kremlin for Paul Whelan’s return
Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who was arrested on charges of spying in Moscow at the end of 2018. | (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

The Biden administration “has put forward a serious proposal” to Moscow that would release detained American citizen Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.

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