Russia frees American Stephen Hubbard after four years in prison

Russia frees American Stephen Hubbard after four years in prison

Russia has freed seventy-four-year-old American Stephen Hubbard, a retired Michigan teacher, after more than four years in a Russian prison. The release came during U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, after President Trump asked Putin to free Hubbard, who was jailed on mercenary charges related to Ukraine.

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