Russia frees retired US schoolteacher in goodwill gesture as Putin meets Witkoff

Source: Daily Maverick · 2026-10-22T10:40:37.000Z · Politics

Russia freed Stephen Hubbard, a retired US schoolteacher in custody since 2022, from prison on Wednesday and took him to St Petersburg to fly back to the US, after talks that Washington said were a step toward ending the war in Ukraine.

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