# Trump secures release of ex-US Marine from Russia 2026-08-12T01:20:29+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Robert Gilman, a former US Marine imprisoned in Russia since 2022, has been released on humanitarian grounds. President Donald Trump said he secured the release by speaking with Vladimir Putin and that no prisoner exchange took place. Gilman will fly to a US military base and then to a hospital for medical and psychological assessment. Gilman, a 32-year-old teacher, was arrested in Voronezh in January 2022 and sentenced to four and a half years for assaulting a police officer. His family denied the charge, saying the kick was accidental due to illness. While in custody, his health deteriorated to a life-threatening state, and he had been in a dissociative stupor for weeks before release. ## Coverage - ndtv.com - livemint.com Tags: Donald Trump, prisoner release, Robert Gilman, US-Russia, Vladimir Putin, wrongful detention Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/trump-secures-release-of-ex-us-marine-from-russia/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/trump-secures-release-of-ex-us-marine-from-russia/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.