{
  "id": 15933409,
  "title": "Putin orders release of jailed American as he meets Trump envoy for Ukraine talks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/putin-orders-release-of-jailed-american-as-he-meets-trump-envoy-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T15:24:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/putin-witkoff-russia-ukraine-trump-stephen-hubbard-release"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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 updates Vladimir 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…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}