Russia frees ex-US marine four years after sentence disputed by his family
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Robert Gilman had been deteriorating rapidly in prison and was said to be in a catatonic state Russia has freed a former US marine who had been in jail since 2022, after Vladimir Putin granted the ailing American a pardon on humanitarian grounds. Robert Gilman, 32, an English teacher who briefly served in the US Marines, was travelling by train when he was arrested in the southern Russian city of Voronezh in January 2022 for allegedly kicking a police officer while drunk, according to Russian state media.
He was later sentenced to four and a half years in prison, though his family has consistently denied the allegations against him. Continue reading...
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