
Russia frees US citizen Stephen Hubbard, state media reports
Stephen Hubbard has been taken to Pulkovo Airport, Putin said during talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff. Stephen Hubbard has been taken to Pulkovo Airport, Putin said during talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg. Hubbard, originally from Michigan, was 72 when he was sentenced to almost seven years in a penal colony in 2024. Prosecutors said he was serving in a defence unit based in the eastern.






