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Russia Frees Stephen Hubbard as Putin Meets Trump Envoy

The week ending October 21, 2026 · #13 story of that period · 30 articles from 25 sources · viewed 1 time

Russia Frees Stephen Hubbard as Putin Meets Trump Envoy

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Russia released Stephen Hubbard, a seventy-four-year-old retired American teacher who had served more than four years in prison on Ukraine mercenary charges and been designated wrongfully detained by the Biden administration. Putin made the announcement in Saint Petersburg while meeting United States envoy Steve Witkoff for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, after President Donald Trump had requested Hubbard's release.

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