Marc Fogel has been detained in Russia since August 2021. U.S. representatives are fighting to have him reclassified as wrongfully detained.

U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly has joined other members of Congress who are asking the U.S. State Department why Butler County native Marc Fogel hasn’t been deemed wrongfully detained in Russia.

Kelly, R-16th, is one of eight members of Congress who signed a letter that Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-37th, sent Feb. 15 to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking why Fogel, who has been detained in Russia for a year and a half, has not been classified as wrongfully detained. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-15th, also signed the letter.