<br /> A retired U.S. Marine detained by Russia on spying charges was visiting Moscow for a wedding.<br />However, according to Reuters, his family says he is innocent.<br />Paul Whelan had been staying with a wedding party for a fellow former Marine in Moscow.<br />Russia’s FSB state security service said the American had been detained on Friday.<br />The service gave no details of the nature of his alleged espionage activities.<br />Under Russian law, espionage can carry a prison sentence of between 10 and 20 years.<br />Trump’s Putin relations have been under a microscope after Robert Mueller’s investigation which looks into...<br />...alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. <br />
