“Such discussions are not being conducted, and we do not intend to conduct them.
Mr. Whelan has been convicted of a very serious article, the Americans are aware of our position.
It does not change and remains the same as under the previous administration, "RIA Novosti quotes him.
At the same time, Ryabkov recalled Russia's proposal to consider the possibility of invoking the 1983 Council of Europe convention on the transfer of convicted persons.
On June 15, 2020, the court found Whelan guilty of espionage against Russia and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security colony.
In December 2018, the FSB announced the arrest of Whelan during an espionage rally in Moscow.