Soon after taking office, Trump helped secure the release of Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian American charity worker who had been imprisoned in Cairo for three years. But what will happen now that an American is being held by a nation with which Trump has a deeply ambiguous relationship? Russia’s domestic security service announced Monday that it detained an American citizen in Moscow on Dec. 28, under suspicion of espionage. The American is 48-year-old Paul Whelan, whose family has said he was merely visiting Russia for a wedding. Russia arrests American citizen on suspicion of spyingRussian Maria Butina pleads guilty in case to forge closer Kremlin bond with U.S.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2019 20:16 UTC