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Advocate Kieran Ramsey details Robert Gilman's 1,666-day imprisonment in Russia and urges the State Department to designate five other Americans held there as wrongful detainees under the Levinson Act, outlining cases like Alexander Antonov, Olga Jezler, Andre Khachatoorian, Chuck Zimmerman, and David Barnes, and noting the political and diplomatic hurdles involved even after Gilman's return.
Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, jailed in Russia since 2022 for allegedly kicking a police officer on a Moscow train, was released on humanitarian grounds after his health deteriorated to a life-threatening condition. President Trump said Putin approved the release, and Gilman will be treated at a U.S. military hospital in Texas after arriving with his mother and doctors. His family and Sen. Ed Markey say he endured harsh confinement and abuse, including forced exercise, psychotropic drugs, and a feeding tube during a dissociative stupor; five other Americans remain in Russia with medical issues, and Gilman’s sentence had previously been increased to 10 years.
Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, held in Russia since 2022 for assaulting a police officer, was released and is on his way back to the United States for medical and psychological evaluation and treatment at a U.S. military hospital in Texas, according to two U.S. officials and Global Reach; health concerns prompted the release and return.