US ambassador visits ex-marine held in Russia on spy charges

Embassy in Moscow offers help to arrested US citizen during meeting in ex-KGB prisonThe US ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, has visited a former marine in a Moscow prison where he is being held on espionage charges, the state department has confirmed.Paul Whelan, who is head of global security for a Michigan-based car parts supplier, was detained in Russia on Friday. In announcing the arrest three days later, the Russian Federal Security Service said he was caught “during an espionage o