# American detained by Russia is released

https://mins.news/en/video/109486

- ABC News, 2026-10-21 12:53 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gCHKNNPq0I

> Stephen Hubbard has been released. He was the only American officially designated by the State Department as wrongfully detained in Russia, after Russian forces seized him in occupied Ukraine in 2022.

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