Russia frees 74-year-old American after visit from Trump envoy, state media reports

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/europe/stephen-hubbard-prisoner-release-russia-trump-intl?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit&Date=20261021&Profile=cnn&utm_content=1792575333

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[u/Coastie79]

How predictable and staged. Further reason for the US to support good guy Russia in their destruction of Ukraine children.

[u/Nooneknows882]

That's great and all but just know this is gonna be used as an excuse by Trump as to why Putin is such a great and trustworthy guy. Shit show smoke show

[u/bythebrook88 → u/Nooneknows882]

If he was so great and trustworthy, why did it take four years?

[u/Nooneknows882 → u/bythebrook88]

Asking a question like that requires some level of critical thinking, which most MAGA are incapable of

[u/RonaldMcDaugherty → u/Nooneknows882]

MAGA will be pissed at Trump just like they were pissed at Biden for all his Russian prisoner swaps.

Oh, wait, no they won't.

[u/Proof_Side_5667]

Oh cool, now can they bring back the dead American soldiers resulting from them sharing target intel with Iran?

[u/kaliku]

I read freezes... I guess it could happen, in the world we're living in nothing surprises me any more.

[u/mysterious_jeffrey]

Fake and dumb. 

Shithole kingdom should be 10 countries instead of one sad fuedal piece of shit that it has been for 500+ years. 

Fuck Russia. 

[u/Waymannj]

This is Russia making a weak attempt to counter the documentary "2000 Meters To Andriivka" where the Russian front line military and POWs where seen to be white-haired old men and others who didn't speak the (Russian/Ukrainian) language.

[u/Rhonda_Lasagna]

Probably some boomer creep who is going to complain about kids not learning cursive in school anymore, while he Eiffel Towers an 11 yr old with Trump.