WorldRussia releases former US Marine Robert Gilman, who boards plane home
Russian authorities have released 32-year-old Robert Gilman, a former US Marine who had been serving a sentence at a penal colony in Voronezh. His relatives feared he was dying in a Russian psychiatric ward. Reuters reported that Vladimir Putin pardoned Gilman on humanitarian grounds. Washington had urged Moscow on August 7 to release him so he could return home for treatment.
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Russia releases former US Marine Robert Gilman, who boards plane home