American Paul Whelan, convicted of espionage, was beaten in a Mordovian colony
Paul Whelan, a citizen of the United States and three other countries , sentenced to 16 years in a maximum security colony, reported an injury received as a result of a conflict with another convict. about this . The American’s lawyer, Olga Karlova, told Interfax “On the territory of the industrial zone of IK-17, during a domestic quarrel, a conflict situation occurred between Whelan and another convict. The latter struck P. Whelan in the face with his hand,” the colony told Interfax.