New York Times: In his first interview since being freed on Oct. 21, Mr. Hubbard declined to make any political statements about Russia, Ukraine or the war. He did not want to talk about how he felt when Russian soldiers essentially abducted him from his home in Ukraine. Nor did he want to talk much about his treatment in Russia, adding that he did not want to jeopardize the release of any of the other Americans being held there.
“I have sympathy for Russian prisoners in Ukraine and Ukrainian prisoners in Russia,” Mr. Hubbard said. “Prison life for anybody is terrible, and I wouldn’t wish it on my enemy.”…