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complain and vent. but they're going to complain about the bureaucracy, those people betraying putin. but it deflects blame from putin himself. >> thank you gentlemen for your expertise and your insight. now to an update to a story we've been following here. today marks four years since american paul whelan. he is serving a brutal 16-year sentence in a remote penal colony in mordovia. that's the same region where wnba star brittney griner was held. whelan's brother says it is both awful and mundane, just another day that paul has to suffer in a russian labor colony for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. u.s. officials tell cnn that putin refused to release whelan along with griner this month along the convicted assassin who was serving a life sentence in germany was also freed.
President-putinStoryBlamePeople-betraying-putinInsightBureaucracyExpertiseUpdateU-sPaul-whelanSentencePenal-colonysurvive. he may have to survive for 12 more years in this labor colony, hopefully a u.s. administration will be able to bring him home, but we get back to the work, i go out and in the media with my sister, we talk to people in the government, we try to raise funds and make sure that he is supported and he knows that people are supporting him so that he can get through each day. >> your sense, as you talk to officials, about how much russia's war in ukraine has potentially complicated efforts to get paul home. >> they seem completely unrelated. i think that what has happened is that we look at russia, and we hear about the war, and we sort of think that everything runs through that one pipeline, but there are many pipelines going on. the u.s. government is talking to the ministry of foreign affairs for a deal visas, diplomats, or other staff that they can put into the embassy, they are talking about nuclear arms treaties, and many other things. so it is a complicated relationship and paul is one thread in that relationship. and all of it continues to hold.
PeopleGovernmentAdministrationMediaWorkUnited-statesHomeSisterLabor-colony12Paul-homeEffortscoming home. the excitement and thrill of trevor coming back. but doing it publicly, you know, in front of the media, and so on. this time the white house showed a bit of trust for the whelan family, and i am very grateful for that. they let us know the day before that -- i'm sorry, brittney griner was coming home, and paul would not be coming home. again, we were thrilled for britney to be coming home, that was great news. obviously, we have our own disappointment, but we were able to process it privately. i think it really helped us to think about what we wanted to say and how we would say it for us to be prepared to speak to paul, which in the end we did not have to because the embassy spoke to him directly. so again, we are seeing the white house is approaching, it is evolving, and improving. >> i would argue that it is a great deal of trust. when was the last time that she spoke to paul, what did he tell you? >> paul was able to speak to our parents yesterday, and he expressed his disappointment, that he had already shared with the embassy. i think that he is probably processing it in the same way we are which is that you have not fully processed it because you have to get on with the next day, and i think that is really where he is now, he's going to have to continue to survive. he may have to survive for 12 more years in this labor colony, hopefully a u. s. administration will be able to
White-houseMediaFamilyTrustBitComing-homeTrevorExcitementFrontNewsPaul-homeBrittney-grinerand well. today the most common type of prison in russia is a course of labor colony. also known as a penal colony. last, year a russian reporter spoke to the covered the grim conditions inside this. commies they told us that regular readings by guards, persons medical supplies are routinely confiscated on their arrival in prison. contacts have to be gravely ill before they are admitted to the medical bay. medical staff to little more than handout painkillers. the former prisoners accused medical staff of turning a blind eye to brutality toward in means. under russian law, inmates have to work often forced into 12 to 14 hours of manual labor poor day. by most accounts, all of us has changed in the russian correctional system since the gulag. all interchanged is its name. even the types of prisoners and
CourseLabor-colonyRussiaReporterPrisonTypePenal-colonyU-sContactsConditionsSuppliesReadingsbritney to be coming home, that was such great news. obviously, we had our own disappointment, but this time, we are able to process it -- we were able to think about what we want to say and be able to say, for us to be prepared to speak to paul, because in the end, we did not have to, because the embassy spoke to him directly. we have seen the white house approach wrongful detentions. >> i would argue that is a great deal of trust. when was the last time the spoke to paul, what did he tell you? >> paul is able to speak to occurrences the day, and he expressed his disappointment to share with the embassy. i think he is probably processing with the same way you are, which is that we have not fully processed it. you have to get on with the next day, and i think that is where he really is now. you will have to continue to survive, they have to survive for 12 more years in the labor colony. hopefully the u.s. administration will be able to bring him home, but we get back to the work. i go out to do axiom in the
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