This American teacher also sits in a Russian jail, worried nobody cares

[excalibur]

So a similar matter to Griner but he isn't a lesbian basketball player who dissed his country and his flag.

Makes sense with Biden in the White House.

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OAKMONT, Pa. — The “other American” imprisoned in Russia has a name, too.​

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He was always just Mr. Fogel to the students he entranced with lectures about the Cold War. But he is Marc Hilliard Fogel on his well-worn passports, abundantly stamped from his many years of teaching International Baccalaureate history courses at schools attended by the children of U.S. diplomats and the global elite in Colombia, Venezuela, Oman, Malaysia and, for the past 10 years, in Russia.​

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Fogel’s charmed life has turned dark at the age of 60. He never sought notoriety. But he and his family slowly have come to the realization that telling the world his name could be his salvation.​

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For the past 11 months, Fogel has languished in Russian detention centers following his August 2021 arrest for trying to enter the country with about half an ounce of medical marijuana he’d been prescribed in the United States for chronic pain after numerous injuries and surgeries. First he endlessly awaited trial, often in crowded, smoke-choked cells. More recently, he has been serving the first weeks of an incomprehensible 14-year sentence handed down by a Russian judge in June.​

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Fogel’s plight parallels a similar case that has played big on news websites, led cable newscasts and prompted White House pronouncements: the trial of WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, who also was arrested for attempting to enter Russia with a small amount of medical marijuana. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States has made a “substantial proposal” to Russia to secure the release of Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, who is serving a 16-year Russian sentence on spy charges he has denied. On Thursday, a Kremlin spokesman said a deal has yet to be finalized.​

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Marc Fogel’s wife, Jane Fogel, said in a Wednesday interview with The Washington Post after Blinken’s announcement that she’s still hoping her husband can be included in a swap. But those hopes are fading, she said, speaking publicly for the first time about her husband’s case.​

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“There’s a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that Marc will be left behind,” Jane Fogel said. “It’s terrifying. I would hope that President Biden and especially first lady Jill Biden, who is an educator, realize the importance of including Marc in addition to Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.”​

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This American teacher also sits in a Russian jail, worried nobody cares​

 

[bodecea]

So...until they can all come home, they all stay?

 

[struth]

Xiden did this for his base, and for Putin....his base could care less about a teacher....

 

[bodecea]

Xiden did this for his base, and for Putin....his base could care less about a teacher....

So...until they can all come home, they all stay?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

You would think with all of the research and lectures on Russia and Russian culture that he wouldn’t be as intellectually challenged as a racist homofascist American female basketball player, carrying contraband dope into Russia and putting himself at risk like that.
BTW, medical pot is a ruse.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

So...until they can all come home, they all stay?

Only the ones that check all the boxes, will get this president's full attention.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

So a similar matter to Griner but he isn't a lesbian basketball player who dissed his country and his flag.

Makes sense with Biden in the White House.

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OAKMONT, Pa. — The “other American” imprisoned in Russia has a name, too.​

​

He was always just Mr. Fogel to the students he entranced with lectures about the Cold War. But he is Marc Hilliard Fogel on his well-worn passports, abundantly stamped from his many years of teaching International Baccalaureate history courses at schools attended by the children of U.S. diplomats and the global elite in Colombia, Venezuela, Oman, Malaysia and, for the past 10 years, in Russia.​

​

Fogel’s charmed life has turned dark at the age of 60. He never sought notoriety. But he and his family slowly have come to the realization that telling the world his name could be his salvation.​

​

For the past 11 months, Fogel has languished in Russian detention centers following his August 2021 arrest for trying to enter the country with about half an ounce of medical marijuana he’d been prescribed in the United States for chronic pain after numerous injuries and surgeries. First he endlessly awaited trial, often in crowded, smoke-choked cells. More recently, he has been serving the first weeks of an incomprehensible 14-year sentence handed down by a Russian judge in June.​

​

Fogel’s plight parallels a similar case that has played big on news websites, led cable newscasts and prompted White House pronouncements: the trial of WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, who also was arrested for attempting to enter Russia with a small amount of medical marijuana. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States has made a “substantial proposal” to Russia to secure the release of Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, who is serving a 16-year Russian sentence on spy charges he has denied. On Thursday, a Kremlin spokesman said a deal has yet to be finalized.​

​

Marc Fogel’s wife, Jane Fogel, said in a Wednesday interview with The Washington Post after Blinken’s announcement that she’s still hoping her husband can be included in a swap. But those hopes are fading, she said, speaking publicly for the first time about her husband’s case.​

​

“There’s a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that Marc will be left behind,” Jane Fogel said. “It’s terrifying. I would hope that President Biden and especially first lady Jill Biden, who is an educator, realize the importance of including Marc in addition to Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.”​

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This American teacher also sits in a Russian jail, worried nobody cares​

He should publicly announce that he is transitioning to becoming a black female lesbian. Once he does that, he will get the full attention of Biden and all Dimocrats. At the very least, he'll then be able to star in as many TV commercials as he likes.

 

[B. Kidd]

So a similar matter to Griner but he isn't a lesbian basketball player who dissed his country and his flag.

Makes sense with Biden in the White House.

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OAKMONT, Pa. — The “other American” imprisoned in Russia has a name, too.​

​

He was always just Mr. Fogel to the students he entranced with lectures about the Cold War. But he is Marc Hilliard Fogel on his well-worn passports, abundantly stamped from his many years of teaching International Baccalaureate history courses at schools attended by the children of U.S. diplomats and the global elite in Colombia, Venezuela, Oman, Malaysia and, for the past 10 years, in Russia.​

​

Fogel’s charmed life has turned dark at the age of 60. He never sought notoriety. But he and his family slowly have come to the realization that telling the world his name could be his salvation.​

​

For the past 11 months, Fogel has languished in Russian detention centers following his August 2021 arrest for trying to enter the country with about half an ounce of medical marijuana he’d been prescribed in the United States for chronic pain after numerous injuries and surgeries. First he endlessly awaited trial, often in crowded, smoke-choked cells. More recently, he has been serving the first weeks of an incomprehensible 14-year sentence handed down by a Russian judge in June.​

​

Fogel’s plight parallels a similar case that has played big on news websites, led cable newscasts and prompted White House pronouncements: the trial of WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, who also was arrested for attempting to enter Russia with a small amount of medical marijuana. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States has made a “substantial proposal” to Russia to secure the release of Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, who is serving a 16-year Russian sentence on spy charges he has denied. On Thursday, a Kremlin spokesman said a deal has yet to be finalized.​

​

Marc Fogel’s wife, Jane Fogel, said in a Wednesday interview with The Washington Post after Blinken’s announcement that she’s still hoping her husband can be included in a swap. But those hopes are fading, she said, speaking publicly for the first time about her husband’s case.​

​

“There’s a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that Marc will be left behind,” Jane Fogel said. “It’s terrifying. I would hope that President Biden and especially first lady Jill Biden, who is an educator, realize the importance of including Marc in addition to Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.”​

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This American teacher also sits in a Russian jail, worried nobody cares​

Must be a terrible teacher. Failed to do personal research on foreign drug laws.
No sympathy here.

 

[struth]

So...until they can all come home, they all stay?

we don't do a one for one with the Merchant of Death. You get them all for that guy. Well, someone that's not Putin's ***** ass puppet would

 

[excalibur]

Now this.

Saudi Crown Prince MBS helped negotiate Brittney Griner’s release

“The success of the mediation efforts was a reflection of the mutual and solid friendship between their two countries and the United States of America and the Russian Federation,” the S…

nypost.com

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Now this.

Saudi Crown Prince MBS helped negotiate Brittney Griner’s release

“The success of the mediation efforts was a reflection of the mutual and solid friendship between their two countries and the United States of America and the Russian Federation,” the S…

nypost.com

Is that the same Crown Prince who is a murderer?

 

[Anathema]

I feel sorry for this guy’s family, but like Griner… HE BROKE THE LAW!!!!!! Now he needs to accept the penalty for doing so. If he’d spent thst many years abroad, he should have known better… just like Griner.

I would far rather have had Paul Whelan released than either/both of this guy and Griner.

 

[excalibur]

Is that the same Crown Prince who is a murderer?

The one the left hung around Trump's neck, who Biden recently gave immunity from civil lawsuits and now used in this disgraceful deal.

 

[22lcidw]

I feel sorry for this guy’s family, but like Griner… HE BROKE THE LAW!!!!!! Now he needs to accept the penalty for doing so. If he’d spent thst many years abroad, he should have known better… just like Griner.

I would far rather have had Paul Whelan released than either/both of this guy and Griner.

With Fogel and Greiner arrogant stupidity did them in. Whelan seems to be a different animal. And it is in the direction of things we do not know much about, but Biden got fleeced. As he always does. Then he fleeces us the regular people.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The one the left hung around Trump's neck, who Biden recently gave immunity from civil lawsuits and now used in this disgraceful deal.

How do you file civil suit against a foreign government? Who makes them pay?

 

[Catsnmeters]

So a similar matter to Griner but he isn't a lesbian basketball player who dissed his country and his flag.

Makes sense with Biden in the White House.

​

OAKMONT, Pa. — The “other American” imprisoned in Russia has a name, too.​

​

He was always just Mr. Fogel to the students he entranced with lectures about the Cold War. But he is Marc Hilliard Fogel on his well-worn passports, abundantly stamped from his many years of teaching International Baccalaureate history courses at schools attended by the children of U.S. diplomats and the global elite in Colombia, Venezuela, Oman, Malaysia and, for the past 10 years, in Russia.​

​

Fogel’s charmed life has turned dark at the age of 60. He never sought notoriety. But he and his family slowly have come to the realization that telling the world his name could be his salvation.​

​

For the past 11 months, Fogel has languished in Russian detention centers following his August 2021 arrest for trying to enter the country with about half an ounce of medical marijuana he’d been prescribed in the United States for chronic pain after numerous injuries and surgeries. First he endlessly awaited trial, often in crowded, smoke-choked cells. More recently, he has been serving the first weeks of an incomprehensible 14-year sentence handed down by a Russian judge in June.​

​

Fogel’s plight parallels a similar case that has played big on news websites, led cable newscasts and prompted White House pronouncements: the trial of WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, who also was arrested for attempting to enter Russia with a small amount of medical marijuana. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States has made a “substantial proposal” to Russia to secure the release of Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, who is serving a 16-year Russian sentence on spy charges he has denied. On Thursday, a Kremlin spokesman said a deal has yet to be finalized.​

​

Marc Fogel’s wife, Jane Fogel, said in a Wednesday interview with The Washington Post after Blinken’s announcement that she’s still hoping her husband can be included in a swap. But those hopes are fading, she said, speaking publicly for the first time about her husband’s case.​

​

“There’s a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that Marc will be left behind,” Jane Fogel said. “It’s terrifying. I would hope that President Biden and especially first lady Jill Biden, who is an educator, realize the importance of including Marc in addition to Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.”​

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This American teacher also sits in a Russian jail, worried nobody cares​

Good job finding a counter story to take away from an American coming home.

 

[Augustine_]

So a similar matter to Griner but he isn't a lesbian basketball player who dissed his country and his flag.

Makes sense with Biden in the White House.

​

OAKMONT, Pa. — The “other American” imprisoned in Russia has a name, too.​

​

He was always just Mr. Fogel to the students he entranced with lectures about the Cold War. But he is Marc Hilliard Fogel on his well-worn passports, abundantly stamped from his many years of teaching International Baccalaureate history courses at schools attended by the children of U.S. diplomats and the global elite in Colombia, Venezuela, Oman, Malaysia and, for the past 10 years, in Russia.​

​

Fogel’s charmed life has turned dark at the age of 60. He never sought notoriety. But he and his family slowly have come to the realization that telling the world his name could be his salvation.​

​

For the past 11 months, Fogel has languished in Russian detention centers following his August 2021 arrest for trying to enter the country with about half an ounce of medical marijuana he’d been prescribed in the United States for chronic pain after numerous injuries and surgeries. First he endlessly awaited trial, often in crowded, smoke-choked cells. More recently, he has been serving the first weeks of an incomprehensible 14-year sentence handed down by a Russian judge in June.​

​

Fogel’s plight parallels a similar case that has played big on news websites, led cable newscasts and prompted White House pronouncements: the trial of WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, who also was arrested for attempting to enter Russia with a small amount of medical marijuana. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States has made a “substantial proposal” to Russia to secure the release of Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, who is serving a 16-year Russian sentence on spy charges he has denied. On Thursday, a Kremlin spokesman said a deal has yet to be finalized.​

​

Marc Fogel’s wife, Jane Fogel, said in a Wednesday interview with The Washington Post after Blinken’s announcement that she’s still hoping her husband can be included in a swap. But those hopes are fading, she said, speaking publicly for the first time about her husband’s case.​

​

“There’s a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that Marc will be left behind,” Jane Fogel said. “It’s terrifying. I would hope that President Biden and especially first lady Jill Biden, who is an educator, realize the importance of including Marc in addition to Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.”​

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This American teacher also sits in a Russian jail, worried nobody cares​

But really, you can't wait to write a post about how Biden betrayed America for trading so and so for some pothead liberal teacher

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Xiden did this for his base, and for Putin....his base could care less about a teacher....

How many foreign prisoners did Trump get released?

 

[Superbadbrutha]

we don't do a one for one with the Merchant of Death. You get them all for that guy. Well, someone that's not Putin's ***** ass puppet would

So Trumpy would have gotten 3 for one, is that what you are telling us? You are mad that Biden brought a black woman home.

 

[struth]

How many foreign prisoners did Trump get released?

a lot...https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-american-hostages-home-policy-experts