American citizen Paul Whelan spoke with WTOP’s J.J. Green about his fifth anniversary in a Russian prison.
He was interviewed about 8:30 p.m. local time in Mordovia on Thursday. His message was that he is concerned that too much time is passing as the United States tries to free him and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from Russian prisons.
It’s an election year and Whelan wants President Biden to remain focused on American citizens detained overseas. Whelan has voiced concerns in recent interviews that he does not feel all that can be done to work toward his release is being done by the Biden administration.
Whelan wants to speak directly to the president.
“I’ve put in multiple requests to speak to him,” Whelan said.
He said he’s asked more than a half dozen times.
“He does speak to my family, and he has spoken to my parents, but I’d like to speak to…
