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as posted by the channelPresident Joe Biden is continuing to push for the release of Paul Whelan, as the White House says Russia is “not working in good faith” to release him.
RELATEDBrittney Griner released from Russian imprisonment after prisoner swap
With Brittney Griner on her way home from a Russian prison, President Joe Biden and his administration faced criticism Thursday over the agreement that secured the celebrity basketball player’s freedom but left behind a former U.S. Marine who has been detained in Russia for four years.
Republicans in Congress and advocates for Americans detained abroad questioned the administration’s decision to agree to a prisoner swap in which the U.S. freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in exchange for Griner’s release.
Critics said the administration should have demanded that Paul Whelan, the ex-Marine imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges, also be freed as a condition of the deal. "While I welcome the release of Brittney Griner, I cannot help but think about Paul Whelan – as he has apparently been abandoned by the Biden administration,” Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, wrote on Twitter.
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