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Russia frees American serving 14-year marijuana sentence

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Marc Fogel , a U.S. history teacher, had been serving a 14-year sentence in Russia since August 2021 .

The 63-year-old was freed by Moscow on Tuesday and headed back to the United States .

He left Russian airspace aboard the personal aircraft of Steve Witkoff , the White House's foreign affairs envoy who helped negotiate his release.

Trump ’s national security adviser: Deal was “a show of good faith from the Russians ”.

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