mo4ch:>Former US marine Whelan charged with spying was caught ‘red-handed’ – Lavrov | Mo4ch News

Moscow didn’t nab American citizen Paul Whelan with plans to swap him for a Russian nationals being held overseas, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.Whelan, who is an American, Canadian, British, and Irish national, was apprehended and detained in Moscow because he “was receiving certain materials he wasn’t supposed to receive,” Lavrov said at a press event on Wednesday.Also on rt.comAmerican accused of spying in Moscow had plenty of ‘friends’ with Russian military ties – reportThe minister addressed the suggestions that the prospect of a prisoner exchange was the key motive behind Whelan’s arrest. Such notions are “completely untrue,” he stressed.“We never do things like that. I’ll say it again: he was caught red-handed.”Whelan, 48, was detained in late December, last year, while visiting Russia to attend a friend’s wedding. He is an Iraq War veteran and director of global security and investigations for BorgWarner, a Michigan-based car parts manufacturer.The Federal Securi…