Marc Fogel, 63, had been convicted of smuggling marijuana in to Russia and was sentenced to 14 years in prison
A US teacher who has been held in Russia since 2021 was released on Tuesday following an unannounced visit to Moscow by Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
The White House said in a statement that Marc Fogel, a Pennsylvania schoolteacher sentenced in Russia to 14 years on drug-trafficking charges, had left the country aboard Witkoff’s plane.