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After 2,043 days in a Russian prison, Paul Whelan finally heads home
The BBC’s Sarah Rainsford recalls phone conversations with the ex-US marine while he was imprisoned in Russia.
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Sarah Elizabeth Rainsford is a BBC foreign correspondent who has reported from Russia, Ukraine, Spain, Turkey, Cuba, Afghanistan and Iraq while working for the BBC since 1999.
The BBC’s Sarah Rainsford recalls phone conversations with the ex-US marine while he was imprisoned in Russia.