“For this, there are appropriate interstate mechanisms that are activated if there is a corresponding desire, desire. This is the legal side, it exists. Then we will put the ellipsis, ”said Zakharova.
Zakharova also urged not to compare Whelan’s case with the situation of Russians convicted in the United States.
According to her, “unlike Russian citizens, Mr. Whelan received all the necessary medical care on time and without bullying.”
On June 15, the Moscow City Court sentenced Whelan to 16 years in a maximum security colony. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was outraged by the sentence to the American, and called for his immediate release.