American Paul Whelan Assaulted In Russian Prison

Paul Whelan, a U.S. citizen who has been held in Russia since 2018, was assaulted by a fellow inmate after a conflict at his prison east of Moscow, according to the Russian prison service and Whelan’s family.

The former U.S. Marine and corporate security executive from Novi, Mich., who is serving a 16-year prison sentence on espionage charges he denies, was taken to the prison’s medical unit on Tuesday with a graze under his eye following a minor altercation with another prisoner, Russia’s state news agency RIA said.