Marc Fogel, an American who had been detained in Russia since 2021, landed again within the U.S. on Tuesday.
Fogel, a historical past trainer who was working on the Anglo-American Faculty in Moscow, returned to the U.S. after his launch from Russia following talks with the Trump administration.
He was serving a 14-year sentence after his arrest in August 2021 at a Russian airport for possession of medicine, which his household stated was medically prescribed marijuana.
Marc Fogel, a Pennsylvania historical past trainer who was working on the Anglo-American Faculty in Moscow, returned to U.S. soil Tuesday evening, after Russia, the place he had been detained since 2021, launched him following talks with Trump administration officers. (The White Home through X)
Fogel was seen in an image posted by the White Home on social media smiling and elevating his fist whereas wrapped in an American flag as he walked off the aircraft on U.S. soil.
“MARC FOGEL IS BACK!!! PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT!!!” the White Home wrote on X.