US accuses Russia of denying medical access to ex-Marine held as spy

Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. embassy in Moscow has accused Russia of preventing a doctor from visiting Paul Whelan in the jail where the former Marine has been held for months on espionage charges that he says are trumped up. The embassy’s Twitter account on Monday wrote that while Whelan was receiving “basic …

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