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

https://mins.news/en/video/109640

- Global News, 2026-10-21 14:43 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1njfnROrV8

> 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.

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