Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo on Saturday demanded that
Russia free a former US marine accused of spying in Russia after the man underwent urgent surgery in a
Moscow hospital.
Fifty-year-old Paul Whelan had emergency hernia surgery late Thursday after suffering "severe abdominal pain," his brother David Whelan said in a statement Friday.
Paul Whelan, who also holds Canadian,
Irish and
British citizenship, was detained in Moscow in December 2018 for allegedly receiving state secrets.