It’s not a good kind of milestone to note. American Paul Whelan has been imprisoned in Russia for 2,000 days.
He is asking the Biden administration to use ‘decisive action’ to secure his release. He also asked for the same to secure the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Whelan said it was “just an incredible amount of time” to spend in detention “for a crime that never occurred.”
Both Whelan and Gershkovich are serving time in Russia after being convicted of espionage.
“When you think of 2,000 days, how long that actually is, how many years, how many months, it’s an incredible number,” said Whelan, who called CNN Friday exclusively from his remote prison camp in Mordovia, Russia.
“You go to university to earn a bachelor’s degree – that’s four years. You’re generally in high school for three or four years. Even people go into the…
