Taylor Dudley, a 35-year-old former US serviceman, was detained by a Russian border patrol in the Kaliningrad enclave, a Russian region sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, in April 2022. edition.cnn.comA US Navy veteran has arrived in Poland after spending months in captivity in Russia, the CNN broadcaster has reported. Taylor Dudley, a 35-year-old former US serviceman, was detained by a Russian border patrol in the Kaliningrad enclave, a Russian region sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, in April 2022. Dudley had earlier attended a music festival in Poland and it was not clear why he crossed the Russian border. "Earlier today, Russian authorities released American Citizen Taylor Dudley, a 35-year-old Navy veteran, across the Polish border to Gov. A White House official said in a statement: "The Biden Administration is grateful for the work of Consular Affairs, Embassy Warsaw and Embassy Moscow that led to the resolution reached in this case.

Source: CNN January 12, 2023 23:40 UTC