两名美国官员和另一名知情人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，特朗普政府即将与莫斯科达成协议，将释放多名在俄罗斯被拘留的美国人。
消息人士称，特使史蒂夫·威特科夫（Steve Witkoff）和唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统的女婿贾里德·库什纳（Donald Trump）一直在主导谈判，据说谈判已进入最后阶段。
他们补充说，会谈的焦点是冻结72岁的退休教师斯蒂芬·哈伯德（Stephen Hubbard）的自由，他是唯一一名被美国国务院正式认定为被错误拘留的美国人，以及其他几名被莫斯科拘留的美国公民，政府表示，他们认为这些指控是可疑的。
然而，官员们警告说，尽管该安排的条款正在成为焦点，但一切都还没有最终确定，仍有可能不会实现，或者其范围将发生变化。
当被问及周二释放哈伯德的潜在协议时，川普表示，他已经与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京“详细”谈过此事，并呼吁哈伯德返回美国
“我一直在和普京总统谈论哈伯德先生。我和他谈了很久。我已经要求他释放他。让我们看看会发生什么。好吧，让我们看看会发生什么。我很想让他回来。是时候了。是时候让哈伯德先生回来了，”特朗普在椭圆形办公室说。
芬兰总统亚历山大·斯图布周二表示，预计维特科夫将向普京提出一项涵盖能源和食品基础设施的部分停火建议，这一潜在交易的消息传来。在与维特科夫会谈后，斯图布和挪威首相约纳斯·加尔·斯特勒与乌克兰总统沃洛季米尔·泽伦斯基在挪威奥斯陆举行的新闻发布会上共同出席。
周一，特朗普谈到了他与俄罗斯的交往，称他“试图获得一名该国长期以来一直在寻找的人质”，想必是指哈伯德。
“让我们看看会发生什么，”特朗普说。“那就快了。”
周二，俄罗斯副外长谢尔盖·里亚布科夫（Sergey Ryabkov）被问及俄罗斯和美国之间可能的囚犯交换
“关于所有这些问题的对话正在通过情报服务渠道进行，”他说。
里亚布科夫补充说，哈伯德的名字“当然很熟悉”，但他表示对此事“没有什么可报告的”。
白宫拒绝对此事发表评论。
不清楚释放美国公民会给俄罗斯带来什么好处。然而，特朗普最近几天做出了多项被视为有利于莫斯科的政策决定，包括取消针对俄罗斯官员和寡头的新制裁，这是特朗普上个月签署的一项法案授权的，该法案在国会获得广泛通过。特朗普还加大了对乌克兰的压力，要求其停止攻击俄罗斯能源网站。
目前至少有八名美国公民和两名拥有美俄双重国籍的公民被莫斯科拘留：哈伯德、戈登·布莱克、迈克尔·李克、罗伯特·伍德兰、大卫·巴恩斯、丹尼尔·施奈德、安德烈·哈查托里安、查克·齐默尔曼、亚历山大·安东诺夫和尤金·斯佩克特。
被关押在俄罗斯的美国人的家人呼吁国务院延长更多错误的拘留指定，李克的家人在给国务卿马尔科·卢比奥的一封信中再次提出请求，称李克在2024年8月1日的囚犯交易中“被落下”。
US nearing deal with Russia to free multiple jailed Americans： Sources
The Trump administration is closing in on a deal with Moscow that would see multiple Americans released from detention in Russia， two U．S． officials and another source familiar with the matter tell ABC News．
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump＇s son-in-law Jared Kushner have been leading the negotiations， which are said to be in the final stages， according to the sources．
They add that the talks have centered onfreeing Stephen Hubbard， a 72-year-old retired teacher who is the only American held in Russia officially designated as wrongfully detained by the State Department， as well as severalother U．S． citizens held by Moscow on what the administration said it believes are dubious charges．
However， officials caution that while the terms of the arrangement are coming into focus， nothing has been finalized and it’s still possible it won’t materialize or that its scope will change．
Asked about a potential deal to free Hubbard on Tuesday， Trump said he has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about it ＂at length＂ and called for Hubbard＇s return to the U．S．
＂I＇ve been talking to President Putin about Mr． Hubbard． I＇ve been talking to him at length． I＇ve asked him to release him． Let＇s see what happens． OK， let＇s see what happens． I＇d love to get him back． It＇s time． It＇s time to have Mr． Hubbard back，＂ Trump said in the Oval Office．
News of the potential deal comes as Witkoff is expected to present Putin with a proposal for a partial ceasefire covering energy and food infrastructure， Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Tuesday． Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a news briefing in Oslo， Norway， following talks with Witkoff．
On Monday， Trump spoke about his dealings with Russia， saying he was ＂trying to get a hostage that the country has been after for a long time，＂ presumably referring to Hubbard．
＂Let＇s see what happens，＂ Trump said． ＂That＇ll be soon．＂
On Tuesday， Russia＇s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov was asked about a potential prisoner exchange between Russia and the U．S．
＂Dialogue on all these issues is ongoing through intelligence service channels，＂ he said．
Ryabkov added that Hubbard＇s name was ＂certainly familiar，＂ but said he had ＂nothing to report＂ on the matter．
The White House declined to comment on the matter．
It＇s not clear what Russia might receive in exchange for releasing U．S． citizens． However， Trump has made multiple policy decisions viewed as favorable to Moscow in recent days， includingwaiving newly imposed sanctionstargetingRussian officials and oligarchs mandated by a bill Trump signed into law last month after it passed by wide margins in Congress． Trump has alsoincreased pressure on Ukraineto halt attacks on Russian energy sites．
There are currently at least eight American citizens and two dual U．S．-Russia nationals detained by Moscow： Hubbard， Gordon Black， Michael Leake， Robert Woodland， David Barnes， Daniel Schneider， Andre Khachatorrian， Chuck Zimmerman， Alexsandor Antonov and Eugene Spector．
Families of the incarcerated Americans in Russia have called for the State Department to extend more wrongful detention designations， with Leake＇s family renewing its request in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio， saying Leake was ＂left behind＂ in the Aug． 1， 2024， prisoner trade．
