00:00Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman returned to the United States late Tuesday evening after being
00:06released from a Russian prison, where he had been held since 2022. The 32-year-old was welcomed by
00:13U.S. officials upon arrival and is expected to receive medical treatment after advocates raised
00:20concerns about his deteriorating health while imprisoned in Russia. Earlier, U.S. President
00:26Donald Trump said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had approved Gilman's release on humanitarian
00:32grounds. Gilman was reportedly held at a psychiatric ward of a hospital while in Russia. Accused of
00:40assaulting a police officer following an incident on a train in Voronezh to the south of Moscow,
00:45Gilman was arrested and detained. He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison over the incident,
00:51but his sentence was later extended to 10 years after he was alleged to have attacked prison staff.
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