The Whelan family nightmare has finally come to a close with former Marine Paul Whelan’s return to the United States after he spent more than five grueling years in a Russian prison.
Whelan went to Moscow a couple of days before Christmas in 2018 for a former fellow Marine’s wedding when he was arrested on allegations he was a spy. He was arrested on Dec. 28, 2018, and was in a Russian prison from that moment until Thursday, when the U.S., Germany, Norway, Slovenia, Belarus, and Russia agreed to the l …