# Why did Russia free an imprisoned US ex-marine after four years?

https://mins.news/en/video/20747

- DW News, 2026-08-13 01:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMqgn4V64WU

> Former US serviceman Robert Gilman was pardoned by Russia and returned to the United States after four years in Russian custody. Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin permitted the release on humanitarian grounds, with no Russian detainees exchanged. DW examines whether the decision reflected the Trump-Putin relationship.

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