“In the framework of providing consular support to US citizens detained abroad, Ambassador Huntsman visited Paul Whelan today,” the text says.
The embassy also noted that according to the rules of the Lefortovo SIZO, which contains an American, it was forbidden to Whelan, in particular, to read aloud letters from relatives, to talk about something “really important.
Earlier it became known that a citizen of the four states of Whelan is suspected of spying for the United States.