Ex-US Marine Near Death in Russian Custody, Family and Advocacy Groups Say
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- NYT Worldseen 10 Aug, 03:14headline rewritten
Family of Former U.S. Marine Detained in Russia Says He Is in Serious ConditionFormer Marine Is Unresponsive After Mistreatment in Russian Detention, Family Says - clickorlando.comseen 13 Aug, 18:01description edited
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A former U.S. Marine from Massachusetts who has been held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges has been released.Russia has released an American military veteran, allowing his return to the U.S. after four years of what his family and U.S. officials allege was wrongful incarceration and abusive treatment that left him near death.
- nbcnews.comseen 13 Aug, 18:01headline rewritten
Former Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years has been releasedFormer Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years is back in the U.S. - BBC News Worldseen 14 Aug, 02:19description edited
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Trump said Robert Gilman, who was arrested in 2022, was released on a humanitarian basis, after he had reportedly been in a catatonic-like state.Robert Gilman, who was arrested in 2022, was left in "life-threatening condition" after being subjected to "harsh and abusive treatment", his family says.
- NYT Worldseen 14 Aug, 02:19headline rewritten
Ex-Marine Robert Gilman Is Freed by Russia After 4 Years in PrisonEx-Marine Robert Gilman, Freed by Russia After 4 Years in Prison, Arrives in the U.S. - foxsanantonio.comseen 14 Aug, 05:13headline rewritten
Former Marine freed from Russian prison expected to seek care in San AntonioFormer Marine freed from Russian prison arrives in San Antonio - Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)seen 14 Aug, 10:30URL changed
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- bbc.co.ukseen 15 Aug, 11:06description edited
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Robert Gilman, who was arrested in 2022 for kicking a police officer while drunk, had reportedly been in a catatonic-like state.Robert Gilman, who was arrested in 2022, was left in "life-threatening condition" after being subjected to "harsh and abusive treatment", his family says.
- ksyl.comseen 18 Aug, 23:08article removed
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Former US Marine Robert Gilman released from detention in Russia
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Fri, 7 August 2026
5 reports- Kyiv Post (Ukraine)09:37first to report
Former US Marine Robert Gilman, imprisoned in Russia since 2022, is in critical condition and may be near death after being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, according to Reuters. US officials have urged Moscow to release him for urgent medical treatment as his family fears he may not survive.
- winnipegfreepress.com17:17
BOSTON (AP) — A former U.S. Marine held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges is gravely ill and at risk of dying, his family and advocates said Friday.
- NYT World18:52edited after publishing
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Family of Former U.S. Marine Detained in Russia Says He Is in Serious ConditionRobert Gilman, 32, was being fed through a tube and in a “dissociative stupor,” an advocacy group said. He was arrested in Russia in 2022.
- bostonherald.com19:50
Sen. Edward Markey says Robert Gilman is catatonic and suffered a severe case of pneumonia.
- PBS NewsHour23:41
A former U.S. Marine held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges is gravely ill and at risk of dying, his family and advocates said Friday.
Sat, 8 August 2026
1 report- arkansasonline.com08:01
BOSTON -- A former U.S. Marine held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges is gravely ill and at risk of dying, his family and advocates said Friday.
Mon, 10 August 2026
1 report- PBS NewsHour22:25
The family of a U.S. Marine veteran imprisoned in Russia says his health is deteriorating and he may be on the brink of death. Robert Gilman was arrested in Russia in 2022 for allegedly hitting a Russian police officer. He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison, but that sentence has since been extended to a decade. Stephanie Sy spoke with Kieran Ramsey, Gilman's advocate in the U.S.
Tue, 11 August 2026
44 reports- krwg.org05:00
Family of Marine veteran imprisoned in Russia warns he's near death
- themoscowtimes.com11:17
Moscow has freed Robert Gilman, a former U.S.
- indiatimes.com14:49
Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman was freed from Russian custody after President Putin approved his pardon. Gilman, who was jailed since 2022, is now en route to the United States for medical care. He was moved to a civilian hospital in a catatonic-like state before his release. U.S. officials confirmed Gilman was walking and talking on a State Department plane.
- clickorlando.com14:59edited after publishing
Russia has released an American military veteran, allowing his return to the U.S. after four years of what his family and U.S. officials allege was wrongful incarceration and abusive treatment that left him near death.
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- wtva.com11 Aug, 15:06their copy
- wdiy.org12 Aug, 05:27their copy
- kasu.org12 Aug, 05:27their copy
- kvnf.org12 Aug, 05:27their copy
- northernpublicradio.org12 Aug, 05:27their copy
- kcbx.org12 Aug, 05:27their copy
- South China Morning Post15:09
Moscow on Tuesday freed a former US marine jailed in Russia since 2022 after Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a pardon for the ailing American based on humanitarian reasons, US officials said. The White House and the State Department had urged Moscow to release Robert Gilman, 32, so he could receive medical treatment in the United States. “After my discussions with President Vladimir Putin, Russia has agreed to release him, very much on a Humanitarian Basis,” US President Donald...
- iheart.com15:17
Former Marine Robert Gilman has been released from Russian custody due to humanitarian concerns. Detained since 2022, his health had deteriorated significantly. Russian President Putin cited humanitarian reasons for his release. Gilman is returning to the U.S. for medical evaluation.
- iheart.com15:17
Former Marine Robert Gilman has been released from Russian custody due to humanitarian concerns. Detained since 2022, his health had deteriorated significantly. Russian President Putin cited humanitarian reasons for his release. Gilman is returning to the U.S. for medical evaluation.
- iheart.com15:17
Former Marine Robert Gilman has been released from Russian custody due to humanitarian concerns. Detained since 2022, his health had deteriorated significantly. Russian President Putin cited humanitarian reasons for his release. Gilman is returning to the U.S. for medical evaluation.
- iheart.com15:17
Former Marine Robert Gilman has been released from Russian custody due to humanitarian concerns. Detained since 2022, his health had deteriorated significantly. Russian President Putin cited humanitarian reasons for his release. Gilman is returning to the U.S. for medical evaluation.
- iheart.com15:17
Former Marine Robert Gilman has been released from Russian custody due to humanitarian concerns. Detained since 2022, his health had deteriorated significantly. Russian President Putin cited humanitarian reasons for his release. Gilman is returning to the U.S. for medical evaluation.
- BBC News World15:35edited after publishing
Robert Gilman, who was arrested in 2022, was left in "life-threatening condition" after being subjected to "harsh and abusive treatment", his family says.
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- bbc.co.uk11 Aug, 15:35their copy
- PBS NewsHour15:44
Before he was flown out of Russia, Robert Gilman had been in "a dissociative stupor" for 47 days due to the abuse he has suffered in prison.
- Google News - Top Stories15:53
Russia frees ailing ex-US Marine Robert Gilman from detention Reuters Former US Marine Robert Gilman released from detention in Russia CNN Former US Marine released from Russia after over 4 year incarceration on disputed charges Boston Herald ‘Tragedy’ former Marine imprisoned in Russia’s ‘near-death condition’ required for release to be negotiated, Markey says The Boston Globe Family of Marine veteran imprisoned in Russia warns he's near death PBS
- The Guardian World15:58
Robert Gilman had been deteriorating rapidly in prison and was said to be in a catatonic state Russia has freed a former US marine who had been in jail since 2022, after Vladimir Putin granted the ailing American a pardon on humanitarian grounds. Robert Gilman, 32, an English teacher who briefly served in the US Marines, was travelling by train when he was arrested in the southern Russian city of Voronezh in January 2022 for allegedly kicking a police officer while drunk, according to Russian...
- adn.com16:08
The State Department said that Robert Gilman, who had been determined recently to have been wrongfully detained, was released on humanitarian grounds.
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- koaa.com11 Aug, 15:20their copy
- Bloomberg Politics16:21
US President Donald Trump said Russia had released former US Marine Robert Gilman after roughly four years.
- RMF24 (Poland)16:34
Putin ułaskawił więźnia. Robert Gilman, były żołnierz, wraca z Rosji do USA
- ČT24 (Czechia)16:36
Rusko v úterý propustilo Američana Roberta Gilmana, který v tamním vězení strávil více než čtyři roky poté, co byl obviněn z napadení policisty. Ruský vůdce Vladimir Putin mu s ohledem na špatný zdravotní stav udělil milost z humanitárních důvodů, uvedli američtí činitelé. Organizace, která se o propuštění bývalého příslušníka námořní pěchoty zasazovala, minulý týden sdělila, že muž byl v ruském vězení podroben psychickému a fyzickému mučení a že „mu hrozí smrt“.
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- iRozhlas (Czechia)11 Aug, 17:01their copy
- iDNES (Czechia)11 Aug, 19:50their copy
- Die Zeit (Germany)16:36
Der US-Militärveteran Robert Gilman wurde nach mehr als vier Jahren aus einem russischen Gefängnis entlassen. Er soll auf dem Weg in ein texanisches Krankenhaus sein.
- Novinky (Czechia)16:39
Ruský prezident Vladimir Putin v úterý ze zdravotních důvodů omilostnil bývalého amerického mariňáka Roberta Gilmana. Ten v ruské vazbě strávil čtyři roky. Ačkoliv detaily o jeho zdravotním stavu nejsou dostupné, ví se, že byl v červnu z věznice převezen na psychiatrické oddělení civilní nemocnice.
- El País (Spain)16:47
El militar fue detenido por golpear a un policía ruso en un viaje de tren. Será trasladado a Estados Unidos para recibir atención médica después de que Putin aprobara el indulto por “motivos humanitarios”
- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)17:03
Prezydent USA Donald Trump poinformował we wtorek, że po rozmowie telefonicznej, jaką przeprowadził z przywódcą Rosji Władimirem Putinem, Moskwa zgodziła się uwolnić amerykańskiego obywatela Roberta Gilmana. Trump przekazał, że Kreml "nie zażądał nikogo w zamian".
- Al Jazeera English17:09
The US government had recently designated Gilman as wrongfully detained.
- NYT World17:14edited after publishing
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Ex-Marine Robert Gilman Is Freed by Russia After 4 Years in PrisonRussia released Robert Gilman on “a humanitarian basis,” President Trump said. Mr. Gilman’s family had said he was in dire physical condition.
- fox35orlando.com17:14
Russian authorities have released U.S. citizen Robert Gilman after four years in a Russian prison, where an advocacy group said he became gravely ill and was near death.
- Index.hr (Croatia)17:17
AMERIČKI predsjednik Donald Trump izjavio je danas da je Rusija pristala pustiti američkog državljanina Roberta Gilmana, bivšeg američkog marinca.
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- tportal (Croatia)11 Aug, 17:28their copy
- 24sata (Croatia)11 Aug, 17:51their copy
- Telegram.hr (Croatia)17:31
Robert Gilman bio je zatvoren od 2022., a SAD je tražio njegovo puštanje zbog narušenog zdravlja
- Euronews17:33
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.
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)17:41
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Putin habe der Freilassung aus humanitären Gründen zugestimmt, schreibt US-Präsident Trump auf Truth Social. Robert Gilman wurde 2022 bei einer Zugreise durch Russland verhaftet.
- DW Top Stories17:41
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.
- Google News - Top Stories17:45
Former US Marine Robert Gilman released from detention in Russia thehill.com See more headlines & perspectives on Google News
- The Hill17:45
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...
- ABC News (Australia)17:46
Donald Trump says Russia has freed Robert Gilman, who had been jailed since 2022, after President Vladimir Putin approved his release on humanitarian grounds.
- bne IntelliNews17:49
Russia has freed ailing former US Marine Robert Gilman on humanitarian grounds without a prisoner exchange, President Donald Trump said on August 11, after Vladimir Putin approved a pardon.
- Polsat News (Poland)17:53
Donald Trump przekazał, że po rozmowie telefonicznej, jaką przeprowadził z Władimirem Putinem, Moskwa zgodziła się uwolnić amerykańskiego obywatela Roberta Gilmana. Prezydent USA zaznaczył, że do uwolnienia doszło w dużej mierze ze względów humanitarnych. 32-letni były żołnierz USA - więziony w Rosji od 2022 roku - jest chory, ma trafić do Stanów Zjednoczonych na leczenie.
- Le Monde (France)18:10
M. Gilman avait été condamné en 2022 par un tribunal du sud-ouest de la Russie pour « violences » contre un policier. Des responsables américains ont assuré que sa libération « ne fait pas partie d’un échange et aucune autre concession n’a été faite ».
- Libération (France)18:14
Robert Gilman avait été condamné à quatre ans et demi de prison pour «violences» contre un policier. Donald Trump a assuré ce mardi qu’il avait obtenu cette victoire grâce à ses «discussions» avec le président russe.
- Le Monde English18:23
Ex-US Marine Robert Gilman, who had been imprisoned in Russia for over four years for assaulting a police officer, was released on Tuesday and sent to a US military hospital in Texas, where he will receive urgent medical treatment.
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- Channel News Asia11 Aug, 19:22their copy
- ABC (Spain)18:37
El calvario de Robert Gilman , estadounidense de origen polaco encarcelado en una colonia penal rusa desde 2022, llegó a su fin, según publicaron este martes varias agencias de información, Después de una serie de negociaciones entre Washington y Moscú, este antiguo marine volaba ayer de nuevo hacia EE UU. Sus allegados habián denunciado que el exmilitar se encontraba en un estado muy delicado de salud, hasta el punto de no poder comer por sí mismo, y que había sido ingresado en una unidad...
- Der Spiegel (Germany)19:16
Über mehrere Jahre saß der ehemalige Marinesoldat Robert Gilman in russischer Gefangenschaft. US-Präsident Donald Trump feiert nun, dass Moskau einer Freilassung zugestimmt habe – angeblich ohne eine Gegenleistung.
- Ukrinform (Ukraine)19:39
Russia has released former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who had spent more than four years in a Russian prison and was subjected to harsh treatment.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)19:52
US president says Russia agreed to release Robert Gilman following his discussions with President Putin, describing decision as being made 'very much on a Humanitarian Basis'
- Kyiv Post (Ukraine)20:30
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.”
- ksyl.com21:15removed by the outlet
Former US Marine Robert Gilman released from detention in RussiaThe Russian and American flags. (Mashabubu/Getty Images stock photo)(WASHINGTON) -- 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.
Wed, 12 August 2026
7 reports- foxsanantonio.com02:37edited after publishing
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Former Marine freed from Russian prison expected to seek care in San AntonioA U.S. Marine behind bars in Russia has been freed — and is now back on American soil.
- Al Jazeera English03:57
Russia has released former US marine Robert Gilman, who had been jailed since 2022 for attacking a police officer.
- NPR News05:27
Russia released an American military veteran, allowing his return to the U.S. after four years of what his family and U.S. officials allege was wrongful incarceration and abusive treatment.
- nbcnews.com05:39edited after publishing
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Former Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years has been releasedRobert Gilman, 32, was convicted of beating a police officer in 2022. He is believed to be seriously ill and was on his way back to the U.S. on Tuesday.
- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)10:31
Po specjalnej prośbie Donalda Trumpa Władimir Putin zgodził się na uwolnienie amerykańskiego żołnierza, który spędził cztery lata w rosyjskim więzieniu. Mężczyzna ma wrócić do Stanów Zjednoczonych. W Rosji wciąż pozostaje jednak pięciu innych Amerykanów, którzy mogą być wykorzystywani przez Kreml jako "karty przetargowe".
- wkyufm.org10:47
A former U.S. Marine is home after more than four years in a Russian prison. President Trump says Robert Gilman was freed on humanitarian grounds after supporters raised concerns about his health.
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- kgou.org12 Aug, 10:47their copy
- The Hill16:00
Senate Democrats are calling on the Trump administration to escalate efforts to rescue Americans detained in Russia, after Moscow on Tuesday released U.S. citizen Robert Gilman after four and a half years in detention. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday, Democratic senators raised concerns that the Trump administration is not...