American detained in Russia arrives in U.S., lawyer says

Summary

Stephen Hubbard, an American detained in Russia, has arrived in the United States, according to his lawyer. His family and lawyers said he was living in the Ukrainian city of Izium when Russia took him captive in 2022. He was sentenced to almost seven years in prison on charges of acting as a "mercenary" for Kyiv.

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1. The Hindu

   22 Oct 2026, 17:30 UTCSource ↗

   Reports that Stephen Hubbard, an American detained in Russia, has arrived in the U.S., according to his lawyer, and that his family and lawyers said he was living in Izium, Ukraine, when Russia captured him in 2022, before he was sentenced to almost seven years in prison as a "mercenary" for Kyiv.