Russia says jailed American on hunger strike, but denies he caught TB
LONDON (Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday that imprisoned ex-U.S. Marine Trevor Reed had declared a hunger strike to protest at disciplinary action taken against him, but denied he had contracted tuberculosis and said that his health was "satisfactory". The 30-year-old Texan's parents met U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday, having raised fears that their son had caught tuberculosis in the jail in Russia's Mordovia region where he is serving a nine-year sentence. They said their son had been exposed to an inmate with active tuberculosis in December, had not been tested ...