The Biden administration is continuing conversations with their Russian counterparts regarding former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, deemed by Washington as wrongfully detained.
Earlier this month, President Joe Biden made the decision to secure Brittney Griner's freedom from Russian detention in exchange for a convicted Russian arms dealer, but Whelan, whom the Russians accused of espionage despite his denial of the charges, was not included in the swap.
U.S. officials said the Russians used his espionage charge to treat him differently and that there was no possible deal the Russians would accept at the time they swapped Griner for Viktor Bout that included Whelan.
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