WorldRussia frees American prisoner after more than four years during US envoy’s visit

Russia released 74-year-old U.S. citizen Stephen Hubbard after holding him for four years. The release came Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin met U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg. Hubbard, a retired Michigan schoolteacher, had been detained and sentenced to seven years in prison on fighting-related charges.