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Putin Releases Hostage to US, Earning Praise as Humanitarian

Bloomberg Politics21 October 2026, 17:50 UTCUnited States of America

The Trump administration praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” for releasing a detained US citizen, the latest White House move to curry favor with Russia in its efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

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