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

Reuters · Daily Maverick
Published 22 Oct 2026, 9:40 pm·just now·1 min read
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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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