US envoy Witkoff calls Russia’s Putin a ‘humanitarian’

Author: aljazeera.comPublished on: October 21, 2026Country: Russia

World / InternationalPolitics

US envoy Witkoff calls Russia’s Putin a ‘humanitarian’

US envoy Steve Witkoff called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian” while thanking him for the release of American Stephen Hubbard. Hubbard had spent more than four years in Russian detention after being convicted of mercenary activity in Ukraine.

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