TASS informs about this with reference to his lawyer Olga Karlova.
“Whelan's brother David told me that Paul was released from the punishment cell.
He was able to call his parents on Saturday.
While the employees of the US Embassy are on vacation, it is difficult to visit them.
Until Paul was also given the opportunity to talk to me, ”she said.
Earlier it was reported that Whelan asked US President Joe Biden to bring him home.