October 29, 2026 / 12:08 PM EDT / CBS News

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Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old American retired English teacher, is finally free after spending more than four years in a Russian prison on charges of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. For his family, the long wait is over.

But for as many as 10 other Americans, including some with dual Russian nationality, the wait continues as they remain in Russian custody.

Russian authorities tightly control all information that comes out of the country, so the detainees' circumstances can be hard to verify, but here's what we know about some of the Americans still locked up in Russian prisons and labor colonies.

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Russian citizen Veronika Grabanchuk and U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake attend a court hearing in Moscow, Russia on July 18, 2024.…