AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Russia released an American who had been held in prison for more than four years, and he was en route to the United States on Tuesday, President Trump said.The release of the detainee, Robert Gilman, 32, a Massachusetts resident and former Marine, came after his family and an advocacy group sounded the alarm about his failing health and accused Russia of mistreating him.Mr. Trump wrote on social media on Tuesday, “I am proud to announce that American Citizen Robert Gilman, a former United States Marine, is coming HOME!” He added that after discussions with President Vladimir V. Putin, “Russia has agreed to release him, very much on a Humanitarian Basis,” and “asked for no one in return.”Mr. Gilman had been imprisoned in Voronezh, Russia, since early in 2022, when a court convicted him of assaulting a police officer and ultimately sentenced him to 10 years in prison. His health had significantly deteriorated since then, according to his family and a statement from Global Reach, a nonprofit organization representing Mr. Gilman and other Americans wrongly held abroad.He was in a dire state when he was recently transferred to a Russian civilian hospital, prompting his family and the State Department to call for his release on humanitarian grounds.For many weeks, according to Global Reach, Mr. Gilman had been in a “dissociative stupor,” in which a patient is unresponsive without an apparent physical cause. When he lands back in the United States, he will be taken to a military hospital in Texas, where he will be medically and psychologically assessed, his advocates said, and he will reunite with his family.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT