'It didn't feel real': Paul Whelan describes leaving Russia after years in detention
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Paul Whelan, who was among the prisoners released from Russian prison in a multi-country exchange, says he’s going to focus on seeing family and recuperating after ‘five years, seven months and five days of just absolute nonsense by the Russian government.’
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