Russia

Americans Paul Whelan and Michael Calvey Are Not the Only ‘Hostages’ Held By The Kremlin

THE TWO TOWERS

The U.S. embassy is losing patience with Russia on the Paul Whelan case. But Lefortovo Prison holds a number of inmates snared by score settling among Russian elites.

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MOSCOW—Three months have passed since the day the Russian Security Service, the FSB, arrested former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan in his room at the Metropol Hotel, right by Red Square, and took him to this city’s grim 138-year-old Lefortovo Prison.

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