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TribLIVE Editorial: Difference between Brittney Griner and Marc Fogel? One came home
On Wednesday, WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was featured in a “20/20” interview ahead of the release of her new book, “Coming Home.”
Indiana University of Pennsylvania: IUP President Continues Support for Efforts to Free Alumnus Marc Fogel, Recognizes Editorial in Pittsburgh-Post Gazette
This statement is from Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Michael Driscoll:
“Today, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an editorial by Mrs. Malphine Fogel, mother of IUP alumnus Marc Fogel, who has been jailed in Russia since August 2021.
Senator Bob Casey: Senate Committee Advances Casey Legislation Calling for Immediate Release of PA Teacher Marc Fogel From Unjust Criminal Sentence in Russia
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations voted in favor of U.S. Senator Bob Casey’s (D-PA) bipartisan concurrent resolution calling for the immediate release of Marc Fogel from Russian detention…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Malphine Fogel: President Biden, please work for my son's freedom as hard as you worked for Brittney Griner's
I am the mother of Marc Fogel. Marc grew up in Butler and received his teaching degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He then traveled the world teaching American history to high school children of Americans who served in foreign service posts…
Butler Eagle: Marc Fogel named in fiscal spending billreport
Longtime history teacher and Butler native Marc Fogel, who is nearing three years in a Russian prison, was named in a report accompanying the 2024 fiscal spending bill recently passed by Congress…
Indiana Gazette: Marc Fogel's continued detention in Russia included in Fiscal Year 2024 Minibus bill
The House Appropriations Committee has called attention to an area man in his third year of captivity in Russia, as part of a report issued along with the Minibus bill for Fiscal Year 2024…
Alter Eagle: Malphine Fogel for Marc | Episode 2
Marc Fogel is an American schoolteacher who was arrested in August 2021 by Russian authorities for trying to enter Russia with 0.6 ounces (17 g) of medical marijuana…
Butler Eagle: Marc Fogel, ‘I want to come home.’
Each night, at 9:30 p.m., Malphine Fogel prays the rosary for her son. Throughout the day she finds herself checking the time, wondering what he might be doing across the world in that same moment, separated by an eight-hour time difference…
The Moscow Times: Marc Fogel, My American Teacher, Is the Kremlin’s Political Pawn
Marc Fogel was my history teacher and softball coach at the Anglo-American School of Moscow. He has borne the brunt of deteriorating Russian-American relations for over 900 days since he was detained…
CBS News: Lawmakers push for release of Butler County native Marc Fogel in prisoner swap with Russia
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- More than a dozen Pennsylvania lawmakers are pushing again for the release of Butler County native Marc Fogel in any future prisoner swaps with Russia…
Rep. Kelly: Kelly, Pa. Lawmakers to Blinken: Marc Fogel Must Be Included in Any Prisoner Swap
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), alongside Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA), as well as Representatives Chris Deluzio (D-PA), Dan Meuser (R-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Susan Wild (D-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Summer Lee (D-PA) urged Secretary Antony Blinken to include Butler County native and Pittsburgh-area resident Marc Fogel in any prisoner swap made with Russia…
Rep. Deluzio: Deluzio Statement on Marc Fogel’s Two Years of Unjust Detention in Russia
CARNEGIE, PA — Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) released the following statement on the solemn two-year anniversary of Marc Fogel’s unjust detention in Russia. Mr. Fogel is a resident of Oakmont, PA and a constituent of Rep. Deluzio’s in Western Pennsylvania…
Rep. Reschenthaler: Reschenthaler, Colleagues Introduce the Marc Fogel Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), alongside U.S. Representatives Chris Deluzio (D-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Brendan Boyle (D-PA), introduced the Marc Fogel Act…
TIME Magazine: Who Is Marc Fogel? American Who Remains in Russia forMedical Marijuana After Griner Release
Marc Fogel, a 61-year-old American teacher arrested after entering Russia in August 2021 for possessing medical marijuana, has a case comparable to WNBA star Brittney Griner’s, but after Griner’s release this week, Fogel’s future remains uncertain…
Politico: The Other American Jailed in Russia on Marijuana Charges
For the past year and a half, an American citizen has been languishing in a series of Russian prisons, serving a lengthy sentence for attempting to enter the country with a small quantity of medical marijuana — but that American is not Brittney Griner…
Rep. Reschenthaler: Reschenthaler Introduces Resolution to Help Bring Russian Detainee Marc Fogel Home
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) introduced a resolution of inquiry in response to the Biden Administration’s continued reluctance to designate Marc Fogel, a history teacher and Pittsburgh-native imprisoned in Russia, as “wrongfully detained.” Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-15) and Mike Kelly (PA-16) are original cosponsors of the resolution…
The National Interest: Russia’s American Hostages: The Marc Fogel Case
If the administration is seriously committed to combating the “extraordinary threat” of politically motivated hostage-taking, it should declare Fogel wrongfully detained and commit…
FoxNews: Sister of Marc Fogel, American held in Russia, questions why Biden admin is ‘dragging its feet’
Pennsylvania native Marc Fogel, who was arrested in Russia with medical marijuana last year and sentenced to 14 years in prison, had his appeal rejected by a Russian court on Friday…
CNN: US asked Russia to release American Marc Fogel on humanitarian grounds, his family says
The US State Department has asked Russia to release American citizen Marc Fogel on humanitarian grounds, his family and his lawyer told CNN…
CNN: Bipartisan group of senators urge State Department to designate American teacher as ‘wrongfully detained’ in Russia
A group of nine bipartisan senators called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to immediately designate an American teacher sentenced to 14 years in Russian prison as “wrongfully detained,”…