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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Russia has released an American military veteran who spent more than four years in prison on disputed charges under abusive conditions and was said to be gravely ill and at risk of dying, a group advocating for him said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Robert Gilman was on his way to a U.S. military hospital in Texas, where he will be medically and psychologically assessed and treated, said Eric \u200cLebson, chief strategy officer of Global Reach, a group that\u2019s been working to free him and other American detainees abroad<\/span>. Gilman\u2019s family has flown to Texas to be with him, including his mother, who was in Russia attempting to see him at a hospital.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump, however, posted on social media that Gilman will arrive at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland outside of Washington on Tuesday evening. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just spoke to him, and he had one request \u2014 A GREAT cheeseburger when he lands,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cI will take care of that!\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin before Gilman\u2019s release, which Trump said was \u201cvery much on a Humanitarian Basis.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate this decision, and the fact that Russia asked for no one in return \u2014 No exchange took place,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n

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Gilman had his prison sentence extended three times<\/h2>\n

Gilman, a 32-year-old teacher detained since 2022, was initially handed a 3 1\/2-year sentence when he was convicted of beating a police officer after being taken off a train for causing a disturbance. He later was convicted of attacking a prison inspector during a cell check, beating an investigator and assaulting a guard, and he was sentenced in October 2024 to eight years and one month. His sentence was extended<\/span> last year to 10 years after he was found guilty of assaulting prison guards.<\/p>\n

Gilman\u2019s father has disputed the charges against him.<\/p>\n

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Gilman\u2019s sister, Lexie Hudson, credited Trump and U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts with bringing about the former Marine\u2019s release. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is no other reason that Robert is alive today other than that President Trump heard about the case and took action,\u201d said Hudson, who thanked Markey \u201cfor leading our advocacy efforts in Congress.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Russians treated my brother so badly,\u201d Hudson said. \u201cThey hurt him for no reason, other than that he was both an American and a Marine. What did they get out of this? Why did they do this to such a wonderful person?\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Federal Penitentiary Service did not respond to a request for comment on Gilman\u2019s health deteriorating behind bars. <\/p>\n

Arrests of Americans have become increasingly common in Russia in recent years. Concern has risen that Russia could be targeting U.S. nationals for arrest to use later as bargaining chips in talks to bring back Russians convicted of crimes in the U.S. and Europe.<\/p>\n

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The State Department also said Gilman, who had been determined recently to have been wrongfully detained, was released on humanitarian grounds and \u201cwas not part of an exchange, and no other concessions were provided.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis as a welcome step that we hope leads to the release of Americans unjustly held in Russia, such as wrongful detainee Stephen Hubbard,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

During Gilman\u2019s December 2025 trial in the southwestern city of Voronezh, where he was found guilty of beating two prison guards and had his term extended to 10 years, Russian media reported that he pleaded guilty to the charges and apologized to the guards he was charged with assaulting. The business daily Kommersant said he explained his actions by saying he wanted to stay in the prison where he was serving his sentence and avoid being moved to another penitentiary.<\/p>\n

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Gilman was hospitalized before his release<\/h2>\n

Gilman\u2019s lawyer Irina Brazhnikova told the Russian news agency Interfax on Friday that Gilman was in a psychiatric ward of a civilian hospital, where he\u2019s been since early July.<\/p>\n

He was there \u201cdue to a psychiatric condition,\u201d and according to doctors, his condition has worsened, but neither his defense lawyers, nor his family were allowed to visit, she said.<\/p>\n

Before Gilman was flown out of Russia, he had been in \u201ca dissociative stupor\u201d for 47 days due to the abuse he had suffered in prison, Lebson said. After he was moved to the hospital, he was hooked up to a feeding tube and handcuffed to a bed.<\/p>\n

Hospital reports conveyed Gilman\u2019s condition \u201cas dire and life-threatening,\u201d pushing the U.S. government into action and leading to his release, Lebson said.<\/p>\n

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Markey had called on Russia and the U.S. to work together to get the Massachusetts resident released. Gilman was among at least eight Americans who remained in Russian custody after a series of high-profile prisoner exchanges<\/span> with the U.S. in recent years.<\/p>\n

Markey blamed Russia for Gilman\u2019s poor health, saying his return to the U.S. was long overdue. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a tragedy that it took Robert\u2019s near-death condition for his case to receive the attention that it required for his release to be negotiated,\u201d Markey said. \u201cThroughout his detention, Robert was subjected to physical torture, forced medication, and provocations by Russian authorities. There is no doubt that his treatment by Russian authorities is the reason Robert is in this precarious state today.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Associated Press was making efforts to get comment from Russian officials on Gilman\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

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