"Yes, I agree with the indictment," RIA cited him as saying. Hubbard, 72, was placed in pre-trial detention last week for six months. He faces a sentence of seven to 15 years if convicted. (Reporting by Reuters;

RIA reported last week that Hubbard, a Michigan native, moved to Ukraine in 2014. The Moscow Times pointed to a May Facebook post by a woman originally from Michigan named Tricia Hubbard Fo who said her brother, Stephen James Hubbard, was “kidnapped” by Chechen soldiers in Ukraine “nearly three years ago,” alleging they beat him on video.