Biden met Wednesday with the sister of Paul Whelan, the American who has been designated as wrongfully detained in Russia, the White House said.

Elizabeth Whelan’s meeting with the president and national security adviser Jake Sullivan was held to “discuss the Administration’s continued efforts to secure Paul’s release from Russia,” the White House said in a statement.

The former Marine who is a US, Irish, British and Canadian citizen marked five years in Russian detention last month.

He was arrested in Moscow in 2018, which he says he visited for a friend’s wedding, and imprisoned on charges of espionage that he has consistently and vehemently denied.

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