Paul Whelan

The United States is still involved in talks with Russia about a deal to free WNBA star Brittney Griner and former US Marine Paul Whelan though reiterated that  Moscow has not provided a "serious response" to any of its proposals, according to a U.S. diplomat in Russia...

President Joe Biden sat down in the Oval Office with Brittney Griner’s wife Cherelle Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan’s sister Elizabeth late Friday, Reuters reported. Biden conducted separate meetings to assure the families that their loved one “are at...

U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed said the conditions Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan are being kept in are most likely "terrible" based on his own experience. He said his time in Russian detainment was really bad. "The cells there are, you know,...

Russia's foreign ministry confirmed Thursday that it was engaged in "quiet diplomacy" with the United States regarding the potential prisoner swap that would include WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan for convicted Russian gun-...

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson told ABC’s "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos on Sunday that WNBA superstar star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan might hopefully be released from Russia as part of a "two-for-two" prisoner swap...

The lawyer for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said Monday he was “confident” the U.S. and Russia will work out a deal to swap his client for WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan and that it would be a fair trade. Steve Zissou, Bout...

Donald Trump made clear his opposition to recent prisoner exchange talks that may or may not be underway between the U.S. and Russia involving WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan for Viktor Bout - a convicted Russian arms trafficker who has been...

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says he’s planning to travel to Russia in the near future in the hope of striking a deal to free WNBA superstar Brittney Griner who is now nearing five months of detention in a Russian jail.   An anonymous source told ABC News that Richardson...

The Biden administration participated in a prisoner swap with Russia last week involving the exchange of a convicted Russian drug smuggler jailed in Connecticut for Trevor Reed a Marine veteran imprisoned in Russia since 2019. Meanwhile, the fate of WNBA superstar Brittney Griner and...