Russia frees ailing ex-US Marine Robert Gilman from prison

He was detained for allegedly kicking a police officer while drunk, according to Russian state media, but his father says the charges were false

Former US Marine Robert Gilman released from detention in Russia  edition.cnn.com

The Kremlin released Robert Gilman, whose family and an advocacy group had said he was in dire physical condition, on “a humanitarian basis,” President Trump said.

Trump announced that American citizen and former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman was freed after being imprisoned in Russia for more than four years, where he was detained in 2022 under the Biden administration.

Gravely ill former US marine freed from Russian jail  The Times

US Marine Robert Gilman released after 4 years in Russian prison  USA Today

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

Donald Trump says Russia has freed Robert Gilman, who had been jailed since 2022, after President Vladimir Putin approved his release on humanitarian grounds.

A former U.S. Marine who spent more than four years imprisoned in Russia has been released on humanitarian grounds and is on his way back to the U.S., the Trump administration announced Tuesday. Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen who was arrested in Russia in January 2022 and imprisoned for 1,666 days was released after his

A US citizen and former military serviceman has been released after four years in prison in Russia. President Trump said the release was not part of any exchange and expressed appreciation to Russia's Putin.

Gilman was arrested and detained in Russia in 2022, accused of assaulting a police officer following an incident on a train in Voronezh, to the south of Moscow.

Russia released former US Marine Robert Gilman on Tuesday, Aug 11, after four years in captivity. Gilman was detained in January 2022, following an incident in Voronezh, where he allegedly assaulted a police officer. Gilman was flown to Washington, DC for medical treatment after a US senator described him as “catatonic

The US government had recently designated Gilman as wrongfully detained.

Russia releases ailing ex-US Marine after 4 years in prison  The Kyiv Independent

Donald Trump says Marine Robert Gilman is returning home from Russia after a humanitarian release.

Russian authorities have released Robert Gilman, 32, a former U.S. Marine who had been serving a sentence at a penal colony in Voronezh. Vladimir Putin pardoned Gilman on humanitarian grounds, according to Reuters. Washington had called on Moscow on August 7 to free the American so he could receive treatment at home.

Former US Marine and English teacher Robert Gilman, 32, was arrested in January 2022 in Voronezh after he was accused of assaulting a police officer

Russia frees ailing ex-US Marine Robert Gilman from detention  reuters.com

WASHINGTON, Aug 11 - Moscow on Tuesday freed a former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia since 2022 after Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a pardon for the ailing American based on humanitarian reasons, U.S. officials said.