Ex-US marine held in Russia for over four years has been released, group says

Russia has released a US military veteran who spent more than four years in prison under abusive conditions and was said to be gravely ill and at risk of dying, according to an advocacy group.Robert Gilman is on his way to a US military hospital in Texas, where he will be medically and psychologically assessed and treated, said Eric Lebson, chief strategy officer of Global Reach, which has been working to free him and other American detainees abroad.Mr Gilman’s family has flown to Texas to be with him, including his mother, who had been in Russia attempting to see him at the hospital.The 32-year-old teacher, detained since 2022, was initially handed a three and a half-year sentence in 2022 when he was convicted of beating a police officer after being taken off a train for causing a disturb