Russian President Vladimir Putin has released Stephen Hubbard, a 73-year-old retired teacher from Big Rapids, Michigan, who had been imprisoned in Russia since 2022. According to the Detroit Free Press, President Donald Trump announced the release on Oct. 21, ending more than four years of captivity for an American the U.S. State Department said was … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order waiving sweeping new sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia’s energy revenues, telling Congress that suspending the measures was in the national interest of the United States. The Trump Russia sanctions reversal came only weeks after he had signed the sanctions package into law and followed a deal … Read more
President Donald Trump announced a Russian diesel deal on Friday, October 9, saying Russia had agreed to supply diesel to US and global markets after a discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the White House, Reuters and USA TODAY reports. The Treasury Department issued a license allowing sale, delivery and importation of Russian-origin … Read more