charges. >> if the detention is not appropriate, we will stand demand his immediate return. >> bret: whelan was a corporate security executive and marine veteran. he had been visiting russia since at least 2007 and had spent more than a decade cultivating friends and contacts in the country. >> my brother is not a spy. >> bret: experts believe his arrest was the kremlin's response to the u.s. imprisonment of russian citizen marie buoy tina convicted of conspiracy to act as a foreign agent if i were not russian that would be called social networkig there were discussions swapped for whelan. >> dog and pony show not doing anything at all. >> butina released in october of 2019 after serving most of her 18-month sentence. >> i see that we are reunited. >> bret: she now serves in russia's parliament the state duma and sanctioned by the u.s. treasury in 2022 over russia's