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 * BACKGROUNDPAUL WHELAN -- AN OVERVIEW
   
   Paul Nicholas Whelan, a 51-year-old resident of Novi, Michigan, was arrested
   by the Russian Federal Security Service (“FSB”) in Moscow on December 28,
   2018, and has been accused of committing espionage against Russia. Read More

 * UPDATESREAD THE LATEST UPDATES ABOUT PAUL WHELAN
   
   News from the Embassy consular visits, the State Department, Russian news
   sources and other recent information about Paul Whelan. Read More

 * MEDIAQUESTIONS?
   
   We are happy to help with media inquiries including interviews and requests
   for images. Read More

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 * NEWS OUTLETS HAVE CONTINUOUSLY REPORTED ON PAUL WHELAN'S ARREST FROM THE TIME
   THE FSB RELEASED THE NEWS, THREE DAYS AFTER HE DISAPPEARED IN MOSCOW.
   
   His family anxiously searched for information about his fate. Now they are
   wondering what the government is planning to do about his false arrest.

 * FORMER MARINE PAUL WHELAN SPEAKS FROM RUSSIAN PRISON
   
   ABC

 * PAUL WHELAN: GRIM LIFE OF US 'SPY' IN RUSSIAN LABOUR CAMP
   
   BBC

 * THE AMERICAN PRISONER IN RUSSIA TRAPPED BETWEEN PUTIN AND TRUMP
   
   The New Yorker

 * FROM RUSSIA WITH MALICE
   
   WSJ

 * PAUL WHELAN'S FAMILY HOPES BIDEN TEAM WILL FREE HIM
   
   Detroit Free Press

 * PAUL WHELAN: THE STRANGE CASE OF THE EX-MARINE JAILED FOR SPYING IN RUSSIA
   
   BBC

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 * HOW CAN YOU HELP?
   
   Call on your government to help free Paul Whelan! Info here: WAYS TO HELP
   PAUL WHELAN
   
   And you can contribute to Paul's legal defense fund:
   FREE PAUL WHELAN at GoFundMe
   Funds raised through GoFundMe for Paul Whelan are being used to support Paul
   during his time in the Mordovia Prison Camp IK-17 (for example, for his
   prison fund which is used to buy things like toilet paper, toothpaste,
   writing supplies, phone cards to call home, and reasonable food), to pay his
   legal bills, and to get him back to the United States.
   Thank you for your donation.
   
   Write to Paul Whelan in Mordovia! Let him know he is not being forgotten.
   Info here:
   WRITE TO PAUL WHELAN

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How long has Paul Nicolas Whelan been detained in Russia?
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in Lefortovo Prison, Moscow and Gulag IK-17, Mordovia

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IS IT SAFE TO TRAVEL TO RUSSIA? WHAT ARE THE DANGERS?

If you are considering traveling to Russia on business or pleasure, it is best
to keep up to date with the State Department travel advisories
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/russia-travel-advisory.html.

Currently the level of advisory for Americans traveling to Russia is Level 4 -
Do Not Travel.

Here is an excerpt from the advisory - please read the entire US State Dept
travel advisory to Russia to determine if you feel safe traveling:

 * * Do not travel to Russia due to terrorism, harassment by Russian government
     security officials, the embassy’s limited ability to assist U.S. citizens
     in Russia, and the arbitrary enforcement of local law. Reconsider travel
     due to COVID-19 and related entry restrictions.
     
     
   * Country Summary: U.S. citizens, including former and current U.S.
     government and military personnel and private citizens engaged in business,
     who are visiting or residing in Russia have been interrogated without
     cause, and threatened by Russian officials and may become victims of
     harassment, mistreatment, and extortion. All U.S. government personnel
     should carefully consider their need to travel to Russia.
     
     
   * Russian security services have arrested U.S. citizens on spurious charges,
     denied them fair and transparent treatment, and have convicted them in
     secret trials and/or without presenting evidence.  Russian officials may
     unreasonably delay U.S. consular assistance to detained U.S. citizens. 
     Russian authorities arbitrarily enforce local laws against U.S. citizen
     religious workers and open questionable criminal investigations against
     U.S. citizens engaged in religious activity. Russian security services are
     increasingly arbitrarily enforcing local laws targeting foreign and
     international organizations they consider “undesirable,” and U.S. citizens
     should avoid travel to Russia to perform work for or volunteer with
     non-governmental organizations.
     
     
   * Russia enforces special restrictions on dual U.S.-Russian nationals and may
     refuse to acknowledge dual nationals’ U.S. citizenship, including denying
     access to U.S. consular assistance and preventing their departure from
     Russia.
     
     
   * The rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression are not
     guaranteed in Russia, and U.S. citizens should avoid all political or
     social protests.

 

Also, please read the Department of State’s COVID-19 page before you plan any
international travel.

Travelers to Russia may experience border closures, airport closures, travel
prohibitions, stay at home orders, business closures, and other emergency
conditions within Russia due to COVID-19. Visit the Embassy's COVID-19 page for
more information on COVID-19 in Russia.


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