Britain worried about U.S./UK citizen detained for spying in Russia | Reuters - 12 min. ago |

Britain is extremely worried about Paul Whelan, a dual U.S./UK citizen who has been charged with espionage in Russia, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Friday.

"We are extremely worried about Paul Whelan, we have offered consular assistance. The U.S. are leading on this because he is a British and American citizen."

BREAKING @Jeremy_Hunt says UK not ruling out anything in case of Paul Whelan including possibility Russia is detaining him on false spying charges to use as leverage against UK on #Salisbury or US over Maria Butina. "Individuals should not be used as pawns of diplomatic leverage"

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