MOSCOW — Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who is currently imprisoned in Russia, has been hospitalized, according to a report published Thursday by Russian newspaper Kommersant.
The publication cited Gilman’s attorney, who confirmed his client is currently receiving medical treatment. However, the lawyer noted it is too soon to discuss any specific diagnosis.
Reuters reached out to the U.S. State Department for a response to the news.
Gilman’s legal troubles in Russia began in 2022, when he was first imprisoned for assaulting a police officer while intoxicated. His sentence was later extended in 2024 after he was convicted on additional charges of assaulting prison officials and a state investigator.
Russian state media reported last December that Gilman was facing a combined sentence of 10 years following yet another conviction related to assaulting prison staff.
Those who support Gilman back in the United States maintain that he was already suffering from illness when he was initially arrested, and that he was deliberately provoked while behind bars — leading to the additional charges brought against him.
Kommersant also reported that due to Gilman’s undisclosed medical condition, a court located in the southern Russian city of Voronezh has postponed a scheduled hearing involving a prosecutor’s appeal of his most recent sentence.
A source with ties to the Kremlin told Reuters last year that Gilman is among nine Americans imprisoned in Russia whom the U.S. government has sought to have released and brought back to the United States.
