Personal Information
- Special circumstances
- non-resident
- Notes
- a U.S. citizen, a native of Michigan, worked as an English teacher in different countries, including Japan and Cyprus, he also came to Ukraine to teach
Khabbard Stiven Dzheyms (Stephen James Hubbard)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Moscow
- Detention date:
- 17 мая 2022 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 359 CC RF Part 3
- Sentence:
- 6 years 10 months general regime
- Estimated release date:
- 11 февр. 2029 г.
- Case categories:
- War-related, Occupied territories
Case Description
In April 2022, in Izium, one and a half months after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a 70-year-old U.S. citizen, pensioner, and English language teacher James Hubbard fell into the hands of Russian military personnel. Subsequently, the American was accused of participating as a mercenary in an armed conflict or military operations. According to the Russian investigation, the pensioner lived in Ukraine since 2014, and, being a US citizen, until April 2, 2022, participated as a mercenary in an armed conflict of a non-international nature in southeastern Ukraine, having signed a contract with the Izium territorial defense battalion, subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine." 1. For participating in the armed conflict, Hubbard received a monetary reward of $1000 per month. On October 7, 2022, the Moscow City Court found James Hubbard guilty and sentenced him to imprisonment for a term of 6 years and 10 months to be served in a general regime correctional colony, with the confiscation in favor of the state of monetary funds belonging to Hubbard in the amount of 142,300 Ukrainian hryvnias." There is no information about appealing the verdict.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Хаббард Стивен Джеймс (Stephen James Hubbard), 1952 г. ФКУ ИК-7 УФСИН России по Владимирской области, адрес: 601960, Россия, Владимирская обл., Ковровский р-н, пос. Пакино, ул. Центральная, д. 1А связь через: Зонателеком
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