Marc Fogel, a Pennsylvania teacher detained in Russia since 2021, is set to return to the U.S. following a negotiated release.

The Oakmont man was arrested for carrying a half ounce of medical marijuana and sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony.

After years of being detained by Russia, Pennsylvania teacher Marc Fogel is finally back on US soil. Fogel, an American schoolteacher from Butler, Pennsylvania, had been detained in Russia since 2021

A teacher from Pennsylvania serving a 14-year prison sentence in Russia for a marijuana charge was released Tuesday and is returning to the U.S., The White House announced.

A teacher from Pennsylvania serving a 14-year prison sentence in Russia for a marijuana charge was released Tuesday and is returning to the U.S., The White House announced.

Trump national security adviser Michael Waltz says the U.S. and Russia "negotiated an exchange" but did not say if the U.S. released anybody in return.

Fogel was arrested in August 2021, and he was serving a 14-year prison system. His family and supporters said he was traveling with medically prescribed marijuana.

Fogel, a history teacher from Pennsylvania, left Russian airspace and is expected to be reunited with his family by the end of the day.

The 63-year-old history teacher, who had been serving a 14-year sentence, was expected to be reunited with his family in the eastern state of Pennsylvania by the end of the day. He left Russian airspace aboard the personal aircraft of Steve Witkoff,

The call followed a prisoner swap that resulted in Russia releasing American schoolteacher Marc Fogel, of Pennsylvania, after more than three years of detention.

One day after Pennsylvania teacher Marc Fogel returned home from Russian imprisonment, another American hostage is expected to be freed, President Trump’s special envoy for hostages, Adam Boehler, told Fox News.