US citizen Stephen Hubbard freed by Russia as Trump envoy meets Putin
The 74-year-old former teacher has been released without any "swap" required, Trump says.
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The 74-year-old former teacher has been released without any "swap" required, Trump says.
Witkoff tells Putin that he hoped to discuss the resumption of the trilateral talks between US, Ukraine and Russia.
Stephen Hubbard, a U.S. citizen jailed in Russia since 2022, has been released, according to U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.
The move buys good will with President Trump while costing the Russian leader, Vladimir V. Putin, little.
The president called for the return of Stephen James Hubbard, a Michigan teacher seized from his home in Ukraine months after Russia invaded that country.
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