By Chris King • 13 January 2023 • 2:15WATCH: US Embassy in Russia calls for solidarity between the two countries to create a peaceful future. Image: FOTOGRIN/Shutterstock.comTaylor Dudley has been released from captivity in Russia after being held since April 2022. According to a statement on Thursday, January 12, from the family of U.S. Navy Taylor Dudley, along with a similar release from the office of Bill Richardson, the former New Mexico Governor, the veteran has been released from captivity in Russia. Ex-Marine Dudley had been held captive in Russia since last April after initially being accused of spying in 2019. In a statement, Richardson’s office said: “It is significant that despite the current environment between our two countries, the Russian authorities did the right thing by releasing Taylor today”.

Source: ABC News January 13, 2023 01:17 UTC