American Detainee Marc Fogel Released From Russian Custody, U.S. Officials Say
The White House said that it secured the release of Marc Fogel, an American schoolteacher arrested in Russia in 2021 on marijuana charges, in a deal brokered by President Trump‘s special envoy.The Trump administration hailed Fogel’s release as a harbinger of improving relations with Russia and possible progress on talks to end the war in Ukraine.