A Marine who spent four years in a Russian prison for alleged attacks on a police officer has been released and is being treated.
'Near-death' Marine vet freed after 4 years in Russian prison back in US, receiving treatment after alleged abuse https://t.co/wpYkFSnFrn pic.twitter.com/4dmHt54FTB
— New York Post (@nypost) August 12, 2026
BREAKING: Marine veteran Robert Gilman freed by Russia, where US says he was wrongfully detained for 1,666 days pic.twitter.com/mQVI2sotgs
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 11, 2026
The U.S. says he was innocent. Also, 1,666 is a terrible number.
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.
The White House and the State Department had urged Moscow to release Robert Gilman, 32, so he can receive medical treatment in the United States.
Gilman was being held in a prison in Voronezh, about 340 miles south of Moscow. The exact circumstances of his health are unclear.
But Eric Lebson, chief strategy officer of Global Reach, an advocacy group representing Gilman’s family, told Reuters last week that Gilman was moved in late June from the prison hospital to the psychiatric ward of a civilian emergency hospital in a catatonic-like state assessed as a “dissociative stupor.”
The U.S. officials said Gilman on Tuesday was on a State Department plane carrying him from Russia to Washington Dulles Airport.
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There is still another American being held wrongly, according to the Trump Administration.
Hubbard, a retired schoolteacher, was sentenced in October 2024 to almost seven years in a penal colony after a court found him guilty of serving in a Ukrainian territorial defense unit against Russian forces, tasked with manning a checkpoint.
There are hopes the other prisoner could be released soon. Prayers up.
Very glad he has been freed but curious you show an old photo with him smiling. Current photo today shows an emaciated man who looks ill after his years in Russian jail. Based on stories from released Ukrainian POWs he was lucky to come home alive.
— mm4perez🇺🇦 (@mm4perez) August 11, 2026
He is extremely blessed to be alive.
🫡 🇺🇸
— Christopher (@ChrisHollo637) August 11, 2026
Thank you @POTUS , Biden only cared about WNBA players wrongfully detained in Russia 🇷🇺 https://t.co/kYjrHF4xwT
Identity politics as its finest. Par for the course for Democrats.
TRUMP obtains freedom for US Marine taken during the B1d3n administration
— Marilyn (@Jaizem) August 12, 2026
The MSM can't say one nice thing about Trump no matter what he does! https://t.co/cPift1nFEE
Trump could cure cancer and the Corporate Media would have a problem with it. It's so silly.
What did trump give Putin in return?
— MrBaconBap (@baconbaps1) August 11, 2026
That's a fair question and the answer is nothing. No Russian prisoners were traded.
After four years in prison, finally back home. Wishing him strength and a full recovery. 🙏🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/DhKgXJXOCY
— Oyedega 🧠 (@oyedega) August 12, 2026
He will need all of those prayers.
The EVIL of communism pic.twitter.com/VjqkMrsI87
— Kan_Do 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@real_Kan_Do) August 11, 2026
Godspeed to Robert and his family.
glad he’s finally home, hope he recovers well
— Dominic Hayes (@btacx91745345) August 12, 2026
President Trump has proven time and again he doesn't leave any American behind if he could help it. That's as it should be.