莫斯科，10月23日 —— 克里姆林宫周五否认俄罗斯曾以交换近期在黑山获释的一名俄罗斯战地博主为条件，释放美国公民斯蒂芬·哈伯德。
MOSCOW, Oct 23 - The Kremlin denied on Friday that Russia had released American national Stephen Hubbard from prison in exchange for the recent release of a Russian war blogger detained in Montenegro.
俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京周三表示，自2022年以来被俄方羁押的74岁美国公民哈伯德已获释，克里姆林宫称这是一项人道主义善意姿态。
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Hubbard, a 74-year-old US citizen held in Russian custody since 2022, had been freed in what the Kremlin called a humanitarian goodwill gesture.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普称，他曾请求普京释放哈伯德，且俄罗斯并未要求以任何人或任何事物作为交换，让这位退休美国教师得以回国。
US President Donald Trump said he had asked Putin to free Hubbard and that Russia had not asked for anything or anyone in return for letting the retired US school teacher return home.
但特朗普的一些国内反对者暗示，哈伯德的获释可能与米哈伊尔·兹温丘克一案有关，后者是一名知名俄罗斯战地博主，本月早些时候在黑山被短暂拘留后获释。
But some of Trump's domestic opponents have suggested that Hubbard may have been freed in connection with the case of Mikhail Zvinchuk, a high-profile Russian war blogger who was briefly detained in Montenegro earlier this month before being let go.
针对这一指控，克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫向记者表示，该说法不实。“那不对，”佩斯科夫说。
Asked to comment on that allegation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters it was false. "That's not right," said Peskov.