{"id":2015278,"date":"2023-08-29T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T14:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-whelan-featured-in-a-rare-video-from-russian-penal-colony\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T10:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T14:46:08","slug":"paul-whelan-featured-in-a-rare-video-from-russian-penal-colony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-whelan-featured-in-a-rare-video-from-russian-penal-colony\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare video of Paul Whelan emerges from Russian prison."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpaul-whelan-featured-in-a-rare-video-from-russian-penal-colony%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015278&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Paul Whelan: Wrongfully Detained\u2062 in Russia<\/h2>\n<p>Paul \u2062Whelan, the U.S. civilian the State Department\u200b has determined is being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-ridicules-claim-he-failed-to-meet-parole-terms-while-he-was-in-coma-after-nerve-agent-poisoning\/\" title=\"Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Ridicules Claim He Failed To Meet Parole Terms \u2014 While He Was In Coma After Nerve-Agent Poisoning\">wrongfully detained<\/a> in\u200b Russia, was \u2064recently featured in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-whelan-featured-in-a-rare-video-from-russian-penal-colony\/\" title=\"Rare video of Paul Whelan emerges from Russian prison.\">state media video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Russian state-controlled news\u200c agency Russia Today\u200c released \u200bthe video, \u200bwhich shows Whelan wearing a Russian prison uniform in rare footage of him since he was first\u200d detained more than four years ago. The former United \u200dStates \u2063Marine was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2020 on an espionage charge he denies.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u2064Glimpse Inside the Prison<\/h3>\n<p>In addition\u200b to wearing the prison&#8217;s \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-maryland-antifa-defund-police-protest-leads-to-scuffle\/\" title=\"WATCH: Maryland 'Antifa' Defund Police Protest Leads to Scuffle\">black uniform<\/a> and matching hat, Whelan appears in different parts of the \u200bfacility with other inmates, using a sewing machine and being at\u2064 the cafeteria.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You understand\u2064 when I \u2064say that I \u2064can&#8217;t do\u200c an interview, which means I can&#8217;t answer any questions,&#8221; he told the \u2064reporter doing the video.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>David Whelan, Paul&#8217;s brother, said\u200c the Russia Today crew showed up \u200bat the prison to\u200b film Whelan in May and that &#8220;prison staff retaliated against him after\u2064 he \u200ddidn&#8217;t \u2062participate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today was the first time \u2063I&#8217;ve seen what \u2062he really looks like since June 2020,&#8221; \u200dDavid Whelan said\u200b in\u200d a\u2064 statement. &#8220;So thank you, Russia \u200cToday, because although your reporting is the worst sort of propaganda \u2063and you\u2062 are the mouthpiece for war criminals, at \u2064least I could see what Paul looks like\u2064 after all \u200cof these years. I wish I could see \u200bPaul under better circumstances. But\u200c it was good\u2062 to \u200csee him again and to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-charged-with-first-degree-murder-following-fatal-miss-casino-shooting\/\" title=\"Man charged with first-degree murder following fatal Miss. casino shooting\">fight remains<\/a> in his\u200d eyes. It\u2063 is good to know Paul remains unbowed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paul\u2063 Whelan \u2063spoke with Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 17, David Whelan\u200b said in a statement: &#8220;The call sends a\u200c message &#8230; to Paul, and to \u200dour family, \u200cit is yet another extraordinary show of the U.S. government&#8217;s ongoing commitment\u2064 to secure Paul&#8217;s release. He \u2063has spoken with the Secretary \u200dof State and been visited \u200din \u200bMordovia\u200b by Ambassadors. \u200cI\u2062 hope that is meaningful\u2064 to Paul \u200band buoys his morale. It seems \u200cto\u200d also send a message to\u200b the\u2062 Kremlin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Biden\u2064 administration agreed to two \u2064prisoner swaps last year: one that returned Trevor Reed\u200b in \u2063April 2022\u2062 and another that returned Brittney Griner\u2063 last \u2062December, but \u200cWhelan was excluded from both deals. The U.S. gave up two convicted Russians, pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko\u2063 for Reed and arms dealer Viktor \u2063Bout for Griner.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials said the\u2064 Kremlin did not\u200d make Whelan available in any possible swap and that\u2062 his \u200bdetention is viewed differently given the espionage charge, though they often \u200creiterate their unwavering commitment to bring him and\u200b other Americans detained abroad home safely. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in March that the Biden\u200b administration has \u200ddetermined are dubious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE\u200b TO\u2063 READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Whelan, the U.S. civilian wrongfully detained in Russia, appeared in a state media video. Russia Today released rare footage of him wearing a prison uniform, marking his first appearance since his detention over four years ago. 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