The Independent

Freed American Paul Whelan describes being imprisoned in Russia as ‘absolute nonsense’

By Oliver Browning,

3 hours ago

Freed American prisoner Paul Whelan described being imprisoned in Russia as “absolute nonsense by the Russian government.”

He made those comments early on Friday 2 August after he, along with journalist Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, arrived at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas .

The three Americans were part of the biggest US-Russian prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, a trade which follows years of back-channel negotiations despite relations between Washington and Moscow being at their lowest point since the Cold War after Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.

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