However, she noted that the representatives of the PMC could not meet with an American.
According to Merkacheva, Whelan's cellmate, the meeting with which took place, knows English and communicates with a US citizen.
“He helps him learn the rules of the SIZO, live by local standards and other prison life,” RIA Novosti quotes a human rights activist.
Earlier, David Whelan, brother of Paul Whelan, accused of espionage in Russia, said that family members do not plan to visit him.
The man was detained in Moscow on December 31. According to media reports, Whelan has an American, Canadian, Irish and British passports.