Moscow's Lefortovo Court has received an appeal against detention of Paul Whelan, a multinational citizen who was recently arrested in Russia on espionage charges, spokeswoman for the court Yekaterina Krasnova told Sputnik on Thursday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th January, 2019) Moscow's Lefortovo Court has received an appeal against detention of Paul Whelan, a multinational citizen who was recently arrested in Russia on espionage charges, spokeswoman for the court Yekaterina Krasnova told Sputnik on Thursday.Whelan, a former US marine, is a citizen of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland. He was arrested on December 28 while visiting Russia and charged with espionage. Whelan's family has said he was in Moscow to attend a wedding.
"An appeal against Paul Whelan's arrest has been filed today. The date of its consideration is not fixed yet, as the complaint needs to be translated into Whelan's native language. The date of the complaint's consideration will probably be known by the end of next week," Krasnova said.
Krasnova added that the appeal requested that the court annul the suspect's arrest warrant and release him on bail, the amount of which will be determined by the court.
