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Another American Hostage To Be Freed Following Teacher's Return From Russia, UPenn Grad Says Another American Hostage To Be Freed Following Teacher's Return From Russia, UPenn Grad Says
Another American Hostage To Be Freed Following Teacher's Return From Russia, UPenn Grad Says One day after Pennsylvania teacher Marc Fogel returned home from Russian imprisonment, another American hostage is expected to be freed, President Trump’s special envoy for hostages, Adam Boehler, told Fox News. The unnamed hostage is expected to be released on Wednesday, Feb. 12, Boehler, an Albany native and UPenn graduate, said during an interview with Sean Hannity on Tuesday evening, Feb. 11. “It’s another in a stream of hostages. It’ll be unilateral as well. And I can’t release [the person’s name] until the person’s released, obviously it could endanger the hostage release and that I c…

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PA Teacher Marc Fogel Freed From Russia In Prisoner Exchange PA Teacher Marc Fogel Freed From Russia In Prisoner Exchange
PA Teacher Marc Fogel Freed From Russia In Prisoner Exchange A Pennsylvania teacher is finally free after years in a Russian prison, following a high-stakes diplomatic deal brokered at the highest levels of the U.S. government. Marc Fogel, who had been detained in Russia since 2021, is back on American soil after President Donald J. Trump and his Special Envoy Steve Witkoff orchestrated a negotiated exchange. Fogel, a former teacher at the Anglo-American School in Moscow, was serving a 14-year sentence for possessing medical marijuana prescribed for chronic pain. Witkoff left Russian airspace with Fogel earlier on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, as part of…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Teacher Jailed In Russia Designated As ‘Wrongfully Detained’: State Department PA Teacher Jailed In Russia Designated As ‘Wrongfully Detained’: State Department
PA Teacher Jailed In Russia Designated As ‘Wrongfully Detained’: State Department The U.S. Department of State has officially designated Marc Fogel, a Pennsylvania teacher imprisoned in Russia, as “wrongfully detained,” officials confirmed on Friday, Dec. 27. Fogel, a former teacher at the Anglo-American School in Moscow, was sentenced to 14 years in a Russian penal colony in 2021 after being caught with medical marijuana, which he says was prescribed for chronic back pain. His imprisonment has sparked outrage among advocates and U.S. officials who have called for his release. The Russian court’s conviction and sentencing of U.S. citizen Brittney Griner spotlights o…

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