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No Country for White Men: The Story of Paul Whelan
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No Country for White Men: The Story of Paul Whelan

Why a former U.S. Marine remains behind bars in a Russian prison.

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Pedro L. Gonzalez
Dec 08, 2022
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Left: Paul Whelan (U.S. Marines). Right: Brittney Griner (Lorie Shaull).

Paul Nicholas Whelan is an American who was accused of spying and detained by Russian security forces in 2018. He received a 16-year prison sentence in 2020. He currently resides in IK-17, a grim high-security prison southeast of Moscow.

Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, had become a fre…

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