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Putin orders release of jailed American as he meets Trump envoy for Ukraine talks

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Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the release of American Stephen Hubbard from jail on Wednesday, following a direct request from Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, who met Putin in St. Petersburg to discuss potential peace proposals for Ukraine. Witkoff described the meeting as constructive and conveyed Trump's thanks for resuming Russian diesel exports to the US, while the Kremlin agreed in principle to technical-level talks on security guarantees.
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Russia frees Stephen Hubbard after US request while Steve Witkoff praises Putin, wanted by ICC as war criminal, as a ‘humanitarian’US politics live – latest updatesVladimir Putin ordered the release of an American man from a Russian jail as he met Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg on Wednesday for fresh talks on ending the war in Ukraine, amid increasingly close relations between Moscow and Washington. Trump had previously asked Putin to free Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old form

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