Whelan is serving a yearslong sentence in a Russian maximum-security prison. U.S. officials said they have spoken with him in recent months.
American Paul Whelan, who has been held by Russia for more than four years, made a rare appearance in a new video broadcast and posted online by Russian state media outlet Russia Today.
The reporter claimed Whelan waved the television crew over to him, but said when they approached him he wouldn't answer their questions, even though he had allegedly signed a waiver— which the report showed on screen — consenting for them to interview him. He says that 80 units is standard for one day, appearing to understand the Russian language quite well.
Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, was found guilty of attempting to steal $10,410.59 and pass fraudulent checks to pay off debt while deployed to Iraq in 2006, and was known then as Staff Sgt. Whelan.
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