These Americans remain imprisoned in Russia. Here are their cases.
Summary
Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old American, was released after more than four years in a Russian prison. The article says as many as 10 other Americans, including people with dual Russian nationality, remain in Russian custody and describes several cases; it notes that information from Russia can be difficult to verify.Key Facts
- Russian authorities convicted Hubbard of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine; he was imprisoned for more than four years before his release.
- American musician Travis Michael Leake was arrested in 2023 on drug-sale charges, convicted, and sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2024.
- Robert Woodland pleaded partially guilty to Russian drug-trafficking charges and received a 12½-year sentence in 2024; it was reduced to 9½ years in 2025.
- David Barnes was sentenced to 21 years in a Russian penal colony in February 2024 after a custody dispute involving his two sons.
- Daniel Schneider was sentenced to six years in prison after Russian prosecutors said he tried to take his four-year-old son out of Russia without the mother’s consent.
- The article begins a section on U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Gordon Black, who was stationed in South Korea, but the supplied text ends before giving details of his case.
- Leake’s family said he was excluded from the August 2024 prisoner exchange that brought home three other U.S. nationals.
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