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.

GGlobal News2026-10-21 14:43

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump said American Stephen Hubbard, jailed in Russia since 2022, has been released. The report also says Elon Musk chose to limit Ukraine’s access to Starlink.

CCBS News2026-10-21 13:22

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.

AABC News2026-10-21 12:53

Russia has released retired American teacher Stephen Hubbard, who had been imprisoned on allegations that he fought for Ukraine. The release coincided with US envoy Steve Witkoff's talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on the war in Ukraine.

DDW News2026-10-21 12:38

With less than two weeks until the midterm elections, more than 13 million Americans have voted. Russia released American Stephen Hubbard as U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin. A video showing ICE agents forcefully pinning a man to the ground in California also drew criticism.

NNBC News2026-10-21 12:19

Former CIA station chief Dan Hoffman discusses President Trump’s efforts to secure the release of American teacher Stephen Hubbard, held in Russia for more than four years. Hoffman warns Vladimir Putin may be seeking leverage as Ukraine peace talks continue.

FFox News2026-10-21 11:00

Fox News senior correspondent Ben Hall discussed Russia’s release of detained American Stephen Hubbard and the latest developments in the war in Ukraine on “Fox & Friends First.”

FFox News2026-10-21 09:46

Vladimir Putin is reportedly urging talks with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in China to discuss Ukraine’s future, though no agreement has been reached. Kyiv warns that leaving Ukraine out would only embolden Moscow.

DDW News2026-10-19 17:49

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible plague case at a research institute in Siberia.

TThe Associated Press2026-10-07 03:03

President Donald Trump said he would speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin “very soon” after a lab worker died under mysterious circumstances at an anti-plague laboratory in Siberia.

NNBC News2026-10-06 23:40

The program examines the intersection of politics and global business. Lauren French, a senior adviser to Senate Majority PAC, says the group is making spending decisions week by week after pulling out of North Carolina and is watching races in Kansas, South Carolina and Mississippi. Retired Gen. Charles Wald says threats to US military bases are not unusual and that the B-1 departure from RAF Fairford is being depicted “a little bit out of context.”

BBloomberg Television2026-10-06 23:04

A senior U.S. attorney says the indictment of five Russians over an alleged “global assassination network” represents the first public charges of its kind. Southern District of New York attorney Jamie McDonald discusses the “elevated threat environment” in an exclusive interview.

NNBC News2026-09-17 23:47

The U.S. Department of Justice says the Kremlin orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot targeting a prominent Russian dissident in Washington, D.C. The five people charged remain at large.

NNBC News2026-09-16 21:17

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on the sidelines of the G20 gathering in Asheville, North Carolina. It was Siluanov’s first in-person attendance at a G20 meeting since President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022. Separately, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Putin to end the war in Ukraine during a meeting in Kyrgyzstan.

BBloomberg Television2026-09-01 06:11

US media reports say CIA chief John Ratcliffe’s trip on Tuesday focused on the possibility of Russian escalation involving NATO’s Baltic members. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the reports as “scare stories,” while President Trump played them down.

DDW News2026-08-28 03:15

CIA Director John Ratcliffe asked Russia’s top spy chief not to provide Iran with intelligence that could be used against the United States. NBC News reports that the two officials discussed the matter during their meeting in Moscow.

NNBC News2026-08-27 21:08

CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a rare, unannounced trip to Moscow on August 25 to meet Russian intelligence officials, according to U.S. and Kremlin sources. U.S. officials and the CIA declined to discuss the meeting’s substance. The Wall Street Journal reported that the visit came amid critical U.S. intelligence warnings, including reports that Russia was planning a new military mobilization.

CCNN2026-08-27 00:08

The Kremlin has confirmed that CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow, while Washington and the Kremlin are sending different signals about the secretive talks. Professor Scott Lucas examines what the visit could mean for Ukraine and US-Russia relations.

DDW News2026-08-26 22:14

Former CIA station chief Dan Hoffman commented after President Donald Trump described CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s secretive trip to Moscow as “semi-routine.”

FFox News2026-08-26 19:15

U.S. media reports suggest CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a rare, unannounced trip to Moscow on Tuesday. Neither the CIA nor the Kremlin has commented. If confirmed, it would be his first known visit to Russia as CIA director and the highest-level intelligence trip between the two countries since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

DDW News2026-08-26 00:30

CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced flight to Moscow for talks, according to a source. It was his first visit to Moscow since taking over as head of the agency.

NNBC News2026-08-25 22:53

CIA Director John Ratcliffe is understood to have travelled to Moscow for secret, unannounced talks, according to multiple US sources. Neither Washington nor Moscow has confirmed the purpose of the visit or who he was due to meet. Flight tracking data showed a large US military aircraft travelling to Russia via Latvia.

BBBC News2026-08-25 21:59

Officials familiar with the discussions say Ratcliffe is currently in Russia’s capital, where he is attending meetings.

AABC News2026-08-25 16:05