Former Marine freed from Russian detention on humanitarian grounds

Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen and former Marine, has been freed from years of detention in Russia on humanitarian grounds, a State Department spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.

Gilman, 32, had been detained since 2022 and was sentenced later that year to four and a half years in a prison colony after being accused of fighting with a Russian police officer at a train station. His family denies the charges and says Russian authorities wrongfully detained him for political reasons because he is American.

The State Department said Gilman was recently designated as a wrongful detainee and was not part of a prisoner exchange. President Donald Trump said Russia asked for no one in return and that no exchange took place.

An organization advocating for Gilman’s family said he was headed to a U.S. military hospital in Texas for medical and psychological assessment and treatment amid severe concerns about his health.

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