As American security executive Paul Whelan enters his third month of detention in a Moscow prison with no end in sight, sources with knowledge of the situation paint a grim picture of Russia's interference in US efforts to assist him
Whelan, an American who Russia says was arrested for espionage, has been imprisoned in Lefortovo detention center since late December 2018. While the US -- along with Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom, as Whelan is also a citizen of those nations -- has been granted some consular access, two sources tell CNN his visits with American Embassy officials have been strictly limited by the Russian government.
privacy laws require a consular official obtain permission from someone before we can release any information about their case, and this is done routinely," Andrea Kalan wrote on Twitter on February 22, a day after the visit."In every other instance, we have been able to obtain a signed PAW, but in Mr. Whelan's case, the Investigative Committee is not allowing this to happen.
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