Thanks. Briefly looked at the 2018 article and the comments. Definitely not your typical profile. In fact, makes Griner look kinda tame even though she (?) is a celebrity.
Alternative theory: Free lance spy trying to score some important Russian secrets to improve his chances of being picked up by one of the western intelligence agencies/services.
Thanks. Briefly looked at the 2018 article and the comments. Definitely not your typical profile.
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Whelan’s supposedly a citizen of multiple countries but I haven’t found anything regarding these other countries’ interest or efforts to free him.
It’s noted that Whelan’s arrest was right around the same time as Maria Butina’s (that Russian friend to the NRA) conviction after she pleaded guilty to being a foreign agent. Butina was the first Russian national to be convicted of such.