Consular access to suspected spy Whelan to be provided on August 27 — foreign ministry

Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW, August 26. /TASS/: Consular access to Paul Whelan, a US citizen detained in Russia on espionage charges, will be provided on August 27, the Russian foreign ministry said on Monday.

"We provide regular consular access to Whelan. The next visit is planned for tomorrow. We wouldn’t call it isolation," the ministry said.