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Canadian Paul Whelan is still in a Russian prison. He doubts he'll ever be freed

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Paul Whelan is serving a 16-year sentence on espionage charges in Russia. He was arrested in Moscow in December 2018 while he was in Russia to attend a friend's wedding. The 54-year-old has insisted he is innocent and was set up, while the U.S. government has fervently denied that he is a spy.

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Canadian Paul Whelan is still in a Russian prison. He doubts he'll ever be freed

The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a remote penal colony last month has left Canadian citizen Paul Whelan, currently serving 16 years on spy charges in a Russian prison camp, wondering if the Kremlin will ever let him walk free.

1 month ago·Canada

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