Russia

Accused U.S. ‘Spy’ Paul Whelan Believes Arrest in Russia Is ‘Sanction Retaliation’

ULTERIOR MOTIVE

He posited the theory in letters to his family from a prison in Moscow.

Julia Arciga
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