Hope stirs as Biden-Putin summit falls on 900th day of Paul Whelan’s detention

President Joe Biden’s June summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place as Michigan native Paul Whelan “spends his 900th day as a Russian hostage,” his family said Tuesday.

“We will be able to update him on the summit,” David Whelan, the sibling of the former Marine, wrote in an email to journalists and activists. “We hope that we will be able to share news that the US and Russian Federation are at least engaged in a positive way on the many issues they share. Perhaps the one dearest to our family — Paul’s ongoing wrongful detention — will move closer to a solution.”