According to the lawyer, the Federal Penitentiary Service of Mordovia allowed her to talk to Whelan by phone.
"Regarding the petition to the court for his transfer to the United States for further serving his sentence, he said that he does not hope for a positive outcome, but wants to try to use this opportunity and even solicits personal participation in the court session on this issue," TASS quoted Karlova as saying ...
Last summer, a court found American Paul Whelan guilty of espionage against Russia and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security penal colony.
On August 20, it became known that the protection of a US citizen filed a petition with the Moscow City Court for his transfer to the States for further serving his sentence.