{"id":111530,"date":"2024-10-07T20:18:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T13:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111530"},"modified":"2024-10-07T20:18:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T13:18:13","slug":"russia-jails-us-citizen-stephen-hubbard-72-on-mercenary-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111530","title":{"rendered":"Russia jails US citizen Stephen Hubbard, 72, on mercenary charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A Russian court has sentenced a 72-year-old American citizen to almost seven years in jail for allegedly fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Prosecutors said Stephen James Hubbard was serving in a defence unit based in the eastern city of Izyum when he was captured by Russian forces in April 2022, shortly after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hubbard &#8220;systematically received material compensation&#8221; for his participation in the war on the Ukrainian side, a statement by the Russian Prosecutor General said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He has now been sentenced to 6 years and 10 months imprisonment in a penal colony.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hubbard, a native of Michigan, pleaded guilty to the charges last week, according to Russian state media.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">However, his sister Patricia Fox told Reuters that Hubbard held pro-Russian views and was unlikely to have taken up arms at his age.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;He is so non-military,&#8221; Ms Fox told Reuters, adding that her brother &#8220;never had a gun, owned a gun, done any of that&#8230; He&#8217;s more of a pacifist.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">According to Ms Fox, Hubbard had moved to Ukraine in 2014 and lived there for a time with a woman, surviving off a small pension. He and his partner later split but he continued living in Ukraine.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Although Hubbard was detained by Russian forces in early 2022, his case only became public when his trial began in Moscow in September.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In a video shared by Russian authorities, Hubbard can be seen walking with difficulty inside the defendants&#8217; glass box in the courtroom where he was sentenced on Monday. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum where Hubbard was detained was captured by Russia soon after it invaded Ukraine. It was <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-62917437\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">liberated by Ukrainian troops<!-- --><\/a> in the autumn of 2022.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In a separate case, on Monday Robert Gilman, an ex-US marine who was <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-63135831\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">already serving time in Russia for an assault conviction<!-- --><\/a>,<!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-63135831\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\"> <!-- --><\/a>was handed seven years and one month in jail for assaulting a prison officer. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">At least 10 US nationals are currently behind bars in Russia. 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