"We are doing our best to get you home as soon as possible," Vilan said. The publication writes that this is the second time when Blinken spoke with Wilan, who is in custody for more than 4 years. The material states that the US government considers Wilan mistakenly accused of espionage. He is in the place of imprisonment in Mordovia. He has the opportunity to speak by phone.
The source told reporters that the states were trying to negotiate with Russia so that it would return the Wall Street Journal Reporter, Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal. "If we cannot do it on the basis of what we are available now, we need to find out what we need to bring our people back home," the official said. It should be reminded that on December 28, on December 28, 2018, in Moscow, FSB employees detained, as expected, US citizen Paul Wilan allegedly "during the Spy Action".
Criminal case under Article 276 of the Criminal Code "Espionage" was initiated. It was later learned that the United States was invited consular access to Vilan. He turned out to be the former Marines of the US Army. And then US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanded in Russia the return of the detained Paul Wilan. Then, in 2020, Paul Wilan was sentenced to 16 years for espionage. The prosecution asked for the defendant 18 years of the colony.
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