The American family said they were concerned about the health of the Russian prisoner

Paul Whelan’s family told Local 4 that Whelan’s health is at risk while he is being held in a Russian prison.

Some of the State Department’s developments are concerned that the families may be forced to leave early.

Whelan has spent the last two weeks in a prison labor camp hospital and is now back in a normal ward.

However, Paul Whelan’s twin brother David Whelan told Local 4 that they are concerned about his brother’s health.

Paul Whelan suffered what his brother David Whelan described as a repetitive strain injury to his elbow last year.

In his occasional phone conversation with his parents, Paul Whelan He told them he recently had something like a bursitis or tendonitis, and he’s wearing a sling to keep his arm immobile.

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His hand is improving after his hospital stay, but he still gets help from other inmates with things like carrying his bowl of soup into the cafeteria at lunchtime.

It was a few weeks ago that there was little hope that Paul Whelan could come home now, but attempts to free him WNBA A basketball star and a criminal at the same time Brittany Greener He added to it. But that hope appears to have faded after the Russian government sought quieter diplomacy.

But now Local 4 has learned of a major change at the US Embassy, ​​which has the Whelan family deeply concerned.

The Biden administration has moved on from Russia’s ambassador, John Sullivan.

Sullivan served in both the Trump and Biden administrations.

“There is no way we can express our gratitude for Paul’s support and advocacy. Ambassador Sullivan went too far on Paul’s case. His support for Paul has been frequent and vociferous, alternating between State Department staff in Moscow and Washington, D.C., and although disappointing, this is not unexpected. There is no way to know if Ambassador Sullivan’s resignation will affect the US government’s request to the Russian government for a prisoner exchange.

The Whelan family is speaking out about Sullivan.

Ambassador Sullivan’s wife, who had been battling cancer, passed away today, according to reports from Washington on Monday (September 5) afternoon.

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Elizabeth Rhode, deputy chief of mission to Russia, has taken over until the Biden administration looks to appoint a new ambassador. Russia.