Robert Gilman, a 32-year-old former US Marine from Massachusetts, has been released from Russian custody and is en route to a US military hospital in Texas for treatment. President Trump said Russia agreed to the release on humanitarian grounds after his talks with Vladimir Putin, and that no prisoner swap occurred. Gilman was arrested in 2022 for allegedly kicking a police officer while drunk on a train, originally sentenced to three and a half years, then given ten after a guard-assault conviction.
His family says he was subjected to harsh and abusive treatment and was recently diagnosed with a dissociative stupor, unresponsive and unable to eat, requiring a feeding tube. An advocate told CBS News Gilman endured forced exercise sessions lasting up to 16 hours and administration of psychotropic drugs. Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey also worked on securing the release; five other Americans, each with medical issues, remain in Russian custody.
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