Foreign Policy

US ambassador meets detained American in Russia

By Joel Gehrke
Published January 2, 2019 9:19pm ET
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US ambassador meets detained American in Russia
Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine arrested in Russia on espionage charges, was visiting Moscow over the holidays to attend a wedding when he suddenly disappeared, his brother said. | (Courtesy of the Whelan Family via AP)

U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman met Wednesday with an American detained while traveling in Russia, the State Department announced Wednesday.

Huntsman met in person with Paul Whelan, accompanied by a head of the U.S. Embassy’s American Citizen Service, and spoke by phone with the Michigan native’s family. Whelan was arrested Monday on charges of espionage, and his family insists he is innocent.

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