{"id":2643127,"date":"2026-08-11T12:48:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-frees-imprisoned-us-marine-over-health-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T12:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:49:46","slug":"russia-frees-imprisoned-us-marine-over-health-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-frees-imprisoned-us-marine-over-health-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia frees imprisoned US Marine over health concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-frees-imprisoned-us-marine-over-health-concerns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2643127&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Robert Gilman, a 32-year-old former U.S. Marine, was released from Russian imprisonment after being held for 1,666 days. His release was facilitated by U.S. officials, including a personal pardon from russian President Vladimir Putin, citing humanitarian reasons. Gilman had been arrested in Russia in January 2022, accused of kicking a police officer while intoxicated-charges his family disputes. During his captivity,he reportedly endured harsh and abusive treatment,which worsened his health. He was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Texas for medical and psychological evaluation. This case drew notable attention from U.S.officials,including secretary of state Marco Rubio and others,highlighting efforts to secure his release. Gilman\u2019s sister expressed gratitude to president donald Trump and Congress member Ed Markey for their advocacy. Rubio noted that Gilman was one of over 100 Americans freed during Trump&#8217;s presidency and thanked Russia for cooperating. Gilman was initially teaching English in Russia and was arrested shortly before Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine.He is among several Americans currently detained in Russia, with others facing health issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"80\">Russia<\/a> freed former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman upon the urging of U.S. officials so he could receive medical care in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilman, 32, was released after 1,666 days in prison, having been arrested on Jan. 17, 2022. Eric Lebson, chief strategy \u200bofficer of Global Reach, an advocacy group for Americans imprisoned abroad representing Gilman\u2019s family, said he had been subjected to \u201charsh and abusive treatment,\u201d which was believed to have led to his ailing state. The group added that he was going to be flown to a military hospital in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"253\">Texas<\/a>, where he was to be medically and psychologically evaluated.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4682638\/australian-prime-minister-refuses-apology-melon-gag-japan-leader\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Australian prime minister refuses apology for \u2018classless\u2019 melon gag to Japan leader<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4682667\/russia-free-former-us-marine-robert-gilman-medical-care\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Russia frees imprisoned US Marine over health concerns<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4682455\/us-fires-ship-strait-hormuz-blockade\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US forces fire on ship trying to cross through Strait of Hormuz blockade<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement issued through the group, Gilman\u2019s sister, Lexie Hudson, thanked President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), and Global Reach for their efforts to free her brother.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am so grateful to President Trump for saving my brother\u2019s life,\u201d Hudson said. \u201cThere is no other reason that Robert is alive today other than that President Trump heard about the case and took action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to thank Senator <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ed-markey\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2069\">Ed Markey<\/a> for leading our advocacy efforts in Congress. He and his staff were personally involved in Robert\u2019s case and we will forever be grateful,\u201d she added. \u201cWe are so grateful to the team at Global Reach, the nonprofit that worked with us for years to advocate for Robert\u2019s release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilman\u2019s health had worsened in recent months, leading to fears that he could die in custody. Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"51\">Marco Rubio<\/a> had brought the matter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in June during their last in-person meeting in Manila, Philippines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post on X, Rubio noted that Gilman was one of over 100 Americans imprisoned abroad whom Trump has freed as president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe thank Russia for working with Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to release Mr. Gilman and allowing him to receive the necessary medical treatment here in the United States,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rubio noted the U.S.\u2019s appreciation for \u201cthis positive step,\u201d but said it was still \u201cseeking the immediate return of all other unjustly detained Americans, including wrongful detainee Stephen Hubbard.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilman was freed via a personal pardon from Russian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"79\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> based on humanitarian reasons, U.S. officials told <em>Reuters<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An official also said Gilman was \u201cwalking and talking,\u201d and appeared to be in good shape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They added that Gilman was first flown to Dulles International Airport, where U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and deputy national security adviser Sebastian Gorka greeted him. Rubio, Jared Kushner, and U.S. special envoy for hostage response Adam Boehler were named as others who had taken the lead in negotiating the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4682455\/us-fires-ship-strait-hormuz-blockade\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4682455\">US FORCES FIRE ON SHIP TRYING TO CROSS THROUGH STRAIT OF HORMUZ BLOCKADE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilman was teaching English in Russia when he was arrested just weeks before the country\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. He was arrested on charges of allegedly kicking a police officer while drunk, which his family disputes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global Reach identified five other Americans with health issues currently being detained in Russia: Aleksandr Antonov, David Barnes, Olga Jezler, Andre Khachatoorian, and Chuck Zimmerman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia releases U.S. Marine Gilman for medical care in US<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2643128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26219624133843-e1786463744918.jpg?w=682","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[37332,32402,70900,4280,56809],"class_list":["post-2643127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-health-concerns","tag-international-relations","tag-prisoner-release","tag-russia","tag-us-marine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26219624133843-e1786463744918.jpg?w=682","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2643130,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643127\/revisions\/2643130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2643128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}