Who is Paul Whelan and why does Russia think he’s a spy?
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🗓️ 3 January 2019
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. |
| 0:15.0 | Hello. |
| 0:16.0 | Hi there. |
| 0:17.0 | How's it going? |
| 0:18.0 | This is Sean. |
| 0:19.0 | Hi, hi. |
| 0:20.0 | Nice to meet you. |
| 0:21.0 | Thanks for... |
| 0:22.0 | You too. Thanks for doing this with us. |
| 0:23.0 | Absolutely. |
| 0:24.0 | Yeah. I hope it's okay. |
| 0:25.0 | There's all sorts of... |
| 0:27.0 | Anything's possible in Russia. So if suddenly you don't hear me, then... |
| 0:31.0 | Oh! |
| 0:32.0 | We can... No, I've just made them... |
| 0:34.0 | If the connection cuts... |
| 0:36.0 | Amy Ferris-Rotman is the Moscow correspondent for the Washington Post. |
| 0:40.0 | It's just fair to say that if you're a foreign correspondent in Russia, |
| 0:45.0 | and you think that your phone calls are not being listened to, |
| 0:48.0 | and that your movements are not generally being surveyed by the Russian government, |
| 0:54.0 | you're acting pretty foolishly. |
| 0:56.0 | But it isn't just journalists who have to be cautious. |
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