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Paul Nicholas Whelan (born March 5, 1970) is a Canadian-born former United States Marine with U.S., British, Irish, and Canadian citizenship. He was arrested in Russia on December 28, 2018, and accused of spying. On June 15, 2020, he received a 16-year prison sentence.
Jun 20, 2020 · Sentenced to a high-security prison, Paul Whelan won't be leaving Lefortovo just yet. His lawyers do plan to appeal against the verdict but other, bigger forces are already at play.
Jan 4, 2019 · Paul Whelan, the global security director for a U.S. company, was arrested a week ago in Moscow. At the time, he was identified only as an American. Britain’s Press Association said Whelan’s U.K. citizenship was reported by the U.S. embassy to British officials on Thursday.
Dec 8, 2022 · Dec. 28, 2018: Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine and corporate security director with Michigan-based auto supplier BorgWarner, is arrested by agents from Russia’s Federal Security Service...
Jun 15, 2020 · MOSCOW -- Paul Whelan, a U.S. Marine veteran held in Russia on spying charges, was convicted of espionage by a court in Moscow on Monday and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison colony.
Dec 8, 2022 · He left the company in 2016, moving to become director of global security for US-based automotive components supplier BorgWarner.
Dec 8, 2022 · Paul Whelan, a 52-year-old former resident of Michigan, was first detained in December 2018 by Russian authorities and imprisoned on espionage charges. He remains in prison despite American...
Dec 22, 2020 · Once a globe-trotting security adviser, Paul Whelan now spends his days sewing prison uniforms in the camp "workhouse", his fate deeply entangled in the dire relationship between Moscow and the...
Jun 15, 2020 · Paul Whelan, a U.S. citizen who was arrested in Moscow in 2018 on charges of espionage, has been found guilty in a closed trial and sentenced to 16 years in prison in a case that has strained...
Dec 28, 2023 · Today marks an appalling milestone: five years Paul Whelan has spent in wrongful detention in Russia. We once again call on Russia to release him immediately.
