Russian court extends detention of ex-U.S. marine Whelan to end-Dec. : Ifax

 

Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was detained and accused of espionage, is escorted inside a court building in Moscow, Russia October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court ordered former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan remain in jail until Dec. 29 on espionage charges, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.

 

Paul Whelan, who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports, was detained in December and accused of spying. Moscow says he was caught red-handed but he denies the allegations and says he was set up in a politically motivated sting.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-10-24

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who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports

 

Definitely suspect on how you maintain 4 separate country passports.

2 hours ago, legend49 said:

who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports

 

Definitely suspect on how you maintain 4 separate country passports.

I am aware of the USA allowing Americans to hold dual citizenship.   Given that I thought getting a passport form a country meant you had citizenship in that country, ( I could be wrong on this and probably am) seems hard to fathom how he legitimately held four passports