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Whelan Tried to Obtain Information About Students of Russia's FSB School, Prosecutor Says

© Sputnik / Vladimir Pesnya / Go to the mediabankU.S. Paul Whelan waits in a courtroom as the court considers requests to extending his arrest until October 28, at the Lefortovsky Court, in Moscow, Russia. Whelan was accused of espionage and detained by the Russian Federal Security Service on December 28, 2018
U.S. Paul Whelan waits in a courtroom as the court considers requests to extending his arrest until October 28, at the Lefortovsky Court, in Moscow, Russia. Whelan was accused of espionage and detained by the Russian Federal Security Service on December 28, 2018 - Sputnik International, 1920, 08.11.2021
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NIZHNY NOVGOROD Russia (Sputnik) - US citizen Paul Whelan, who is serving a prison sentence in Russia on espionage charges, tried to obtain information about students of an educational facility of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) but was detained, prosecutor Sergey Lukoyanov said on Monday.
"Pail Whelan tried to obtain information about students studying at FSB educational facility but was detained," Lukoyanov said at court hearings.
The prosecutor did not mention the name and the location of the school.
Whelan, who is also a citizen of Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom, was arrested in Russia in December 2018.
Whelan is serving a 16-year jail term in Russia's Mordovia region in line with the Moscow court ruling last June. Whelan has denied the charges against him but did not challenge the verdict in the hope of being deported to the United States.
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