Paul Whelan, Imprisoned in Russia Since 2018, Is 'Disappointed' in U.S. Efforts to Secure His Release
Photo: WHELAN FAMILY/HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Griner was released from Russian prisonin a one-for-one prisoner swap for international arms dealer Viktor Bouton Thursday. The Biden administration had originally offered a"substantial" dealto trade both Whelan, 52, and Griner, 32, for Bout earlier this year. In an interview with CNN from aRussian penal colony, Whelan said that he wassurprised he was not includedin the trade and said he had been “led to believe that things were moving in the right direction” and that “something would happen fairly soon....