Daily Mail: BREAKING: Russia formally charges US Marine vet Paul Whelan with spying after he was 'caught red-handed in Moscow hotel room with flash drive containing names of secret agents'
* US Marine veteran Paul Whelan has been indicted by Russia for alleged spying
* He now faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the espionage charges
* Whelan was arrested on December 28 at the Metropol Hotel in Moscow
* Russian media says he was detained because he received a database of employees of a 'secret' Russian agency
* Whelan, 48, was in Moscow to attend a wedding when he disappeared
* His family insists he is innocent and say they are 'deeply concerned' about him
* Experts on the Kremlin have speculated that Whelan's arrest was bogus, and an attempt to create leverage against America in the case of Russian Maria Butina
* Butina recently pleaded guilty in the US to acting as an illegal foreign agent
* Whelan's Russian defense attorney has asked that he be released on bail
Russian investigative agencies have indicted US Marine veteran Paul Whelan for spying, and he now faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted, Interfax reported on Thursday.
'An indictment has been presented. Whelan dismisses it,' an informed source reportedly told the Russian news agency.
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officials detained Whelan in Moscow on suspicion of spying on December 28.
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WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. Russia is not going to release Paul Whelan any time soon.
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