Sister of American held in Russia says he didn’t know he was being released until he saw US flag

Arab News · 23‏/10‏/2026، 3:40:14 م

SAN ANTONIO, USA: The younger sister of Stephen Hubbard, the US citizen freed Wednesday after spending more than four years in a Russian prison, said her brother didn’t realize he was being released until he was put aboard a plane and saw the American flag. “He didn’t know why he was being taken from the prison to Moscow, and he may have thought he was going to his death,” Patricia Hubbard Fox said during an interview Thursday in San Antonio, where her brother was taken for evaluation. “He’s