Gilman was arrested and detained in Russia in 2022, accused of assaulting a police officer following an incident on a train in Voronezh, to the south of Moscow.

Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman was freed from Russian custody after President Putin approved his pardon. Gilman, who was jailed since 2022, is now en route to the United States…

American Robert Gilman was released from Russian detention Tuesday, according to two US officials and an organization advocating on behalf of his family.

Robert Gilman was teaching English in Russia when he was arrested just weeks before the country's invasion of Ukraine.