Paul Whelan, a Marine veteran who was arrested by Russia in 2018 on what the U.S. found to be fabricated charges of espionage, opened up to CBS on what life was like in a Russian labor camp.

Whelan told “Face the Nation” that every time he expected to be freed in exchange for the U.S. releasing someone Russia wanted, he was always disappointed.

For example, in December of 2022, Whelan was summoned to the prison warden’s office in Mordovia, more than seven hours east of Moscow, where a U.S. official told him that WNBA player Brittney Griner was released in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout.

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