British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned Russia on Friday against playing “diplomatic chess games” following the arrest of Paul Whelan, an ex-Marine with dual UK and US citizenship, on charges of espionage. “We don’t agree with individuals being used in diplomatic chess games… We are all extremely worried about him ...
Russian prosecutors have charged an American ex-Marine detained in Moscow last week with espionage, his lawyer said Thursday, the latest in a series of rifts between Moscow and Washington. “The tribunal has ordered the provisional detention” of Paul Whelan after he was charged, his lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov was quoted as ...
