In this surprising new video, detained American Paul Whelan, who has been held in Russia for more than four years is shown inside his labor prison camp.
After the release of the RT video, his brother David Whelan said, “Today was the first time I’ve seen what he really looks like since June 2020.”
The video, released by Russian state-controlled news agency Russia Today, shows Whelan wearing a Russian prison uniform in different parts of the prison, with shots of him using a sewing machine and eating in a cafeteria.
In the video, Whelan repeatedly tells a reporter from the Kremlin-backed media outlet, “You understand when I say that I can’t do an interview, which means I can’t answer any questions.”
Meanwhile, the Biden administration is still working for Whelan’s release.