Whelan was on Tuesday up in court to appeal against the decision to deny him bail. He lost, and will therefore be continued in detention pending trial, reports the BBC.
One speculation is that Whelan arrested to pave the way for fångutväxling against a Russian agent who arrested abroad, possibly Maria Butina who are at risk six months in prison in the united states. It rejected, however, by Moscow, which says that it does not treat people as pawns in the diplomatic game.
and shall, inter alia, have infiltrated the republican circles by vapenlobbyn the NRA. She stated that she had received the orders of a high ranking official in the Russian government.
the New York Times writes that Whelan was brought before the court martial in 2008 for theft and checkbedrägeri, something that usually disqualifies the convicted person from the intelligence-gathering mission in the rest of the world.
DN has previously told to the man’s brother in the days following the arrest, wrote in an email to The Guardian that Whelan would visit a wedding in Moscow on Saturday. The family also stated that the man had been in Russia ”several times” from the year 2007 onwards, including in their work.
”this visit was only a pleasure, by what I have understood,” writes the brother of The Guardian.
