all right. thank you for that. what is russia saying about all of this? let s bring in cnn s matthew chance live in moscow. matthew? reporter: thank you very much. a short statement coming from the fsb, the main counter espionage agency in this country, the equivalent of the fbi saying that he does indeed have the u.s. citizen, paul whel whelan, being detained in moscow on the 28th. he was caught spying is what the brief statement says. we haven t had much information either from the u.s. embassy which is called for consular access to mr. whelan but has not confirmed to us eye been in close contact with them about whether or not that access has been granted. the russians formerly under the vienna convention have 72 hours before they have to grant access. that time has already lapsed. again, it s not clear whether