Russia says it caught former US marine accused of spying red-handed
Russia said on Wednesday that it had caught former US marine Paul Whelan, who is being held in Russia on spying charges, red-handed as he was carrying out illegal activities in his Moscow hotel room.
Whelan, a former US marine who also holds British, Canadian and Irish passports, was detained by Russia's Federal Security Service on Dec. 28. His family say he is innocent and that he was in Moscow to attend a wedding.
"He was caught red-handed," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday during a news conference.
