Kremlin says Russia did not free US citizen Stephen Hubbard in exchange for a Russian war blogger

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev attend a meeting with Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired US schoolteacher who served a prison sentence in Russia following a conviction for mercenary activity and recently was freed, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2026. PHOTO | REUTERS

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