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Paul Whelan
Whelan, a corporate security executive, traveled to Moscow in December 2018 for a wedding and was detained by Russian authorities on espionage charges.
In 2020, the former Marine received a 16-year prison sentence in what the U.S. has called a sham trial.
Whelan, 52, was ordered to serve time at a prison labor camp in the province of Mordovia.
Last month, Whelan was moved to a prison hospital for undisclosed reasons.
Marc Fogel
Fogel, a history teacher from Pittsburgh who taught the children of U.S. diplomats abroad, was detained in Moscow in August 2021. He had with him a small amount of medical marijuana he used for chronic back pain.
In June, Fogel, 61, was sentenced to 14 years at a labor camp.
The federal government has not designated Fogel as wrongfully detained.
So basically the man was caught with medicine that he had the legal rights in his country of origin to possess and was not only detained, but deemed by the US government to have been rightfully detained.
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) introduced a resolution last month to inquire into why Fogel has not been designated as wrongfully detained.
Sarah Krivanek
Krivanek, 46, moved to Russia from Fresno, Calif., five years ago to teach at a Russian private school.
Last year, Krivanek was involved in a domestic abuse situation with her boyfriend and allegedly grabbed a knife to defend herself, nicking him slightly.
Krivanek was arrested by Russian authorities and detained for roughly a year despite her boyfriend retracting the charges.
She was released last month but detained again at a Moscow airport when she tried to leave the country, Krivanek is not incarcerated but is also not authorized to return home. She is waiting in a holding facility while she figures out how to leave Russia.
Krivanek’s friend is raising money for her release on GoFundMe.
The State Department told People that requests to talk to Krivanek have been repeatedly denied or delayed by Russian authorities.
So basically 3 people who's importance and virtue greatly exceeds some stupid drug smuggling bimbo remain in Russia while the fucking Merchant of Death walks free again.
Fuck basketball.
Fuck the WNBA.
Fuck Atheletes
Fuck Biden
Here's a comparison of the marine who was 100% wrongfully detained vs the WNBA player:
