Convicted US spy struck by fellow NATO prisoner – media

Paul Whelan has been injured in a fight inside a Russian penal colony

Former US Marine Paul Whelan, who is serving a prison sentence for espionage in Russia, has been injured in an altercation with a fellow inmate, the Russian authorities said. He was reportedly attacked by a prisoner of Turkish origin. 

Whelan is serving his sentence at Penal Colony Number 17 in Russia’s Mordovia region. According to the Federal Penitentiary Service...