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By BEN FINLEY and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Russia has released an American military veteran who spent more than four years in prison on disputed charges under abusive conditions and was said to be gravely ill and at risk of dying, a group advocating for him said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Robert Gilman was on his way to a U.S. military hospital in Texas, where he will be medically and psychologically assessed and treated, said Eric Lebson, chief strategy officer of Global Reach, a group that\u2019s been working to free him and\u00a0other American detainees abroad. Gilman\u2019s family has flown to Texas to be with him, including his mother, who was in Russia attempting to see him at a hospital.<\/p>\n

Gilman, a 32-year-old teacher detained since 2022, was initially handed a 3 1\/2-year sentence when he was convicted of beating a police officer after being taken off a train for causing a disturbance. He later was convicted of attacking a prison inspector during a cell check, beating an investigator and assaulting a guard, and he was sentenced in October 2024 to eight years and one month.\u00a0His sentence was extended\u00a0last year to 10 years after he was found guilty of assaulting prison guards.<\/p>\n

Gilman\u2019s sister, Lexie Hudson, credited President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts with bringing about the former Marine\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no other reason that Robert is alive today other than that President Trump heard about the case and took action,\u201d said Hudson, who thanked Markey \u201cfor leading our advocacy efforts in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Russians treated my brother so badly,\u201d Hudson said. \u201cThey hurt him for no reason, other than that he was both an American and a Marine. What did they get out of this? Why did they do this to such a wonderful person?\u201d<\/p>\n

The State Department said that Gilman, who had been determined recently to have been wrongfully detained, was released on humanitarian grounds and \u201cwas not part of an exchange, and no other concessions were provided.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis as a welcome step that we hope leads to the release of Americans unjustly held in Russia, such as wrongful detainee Stephen Hubbard,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

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Before Gilman was flown out of Russia, he had been in \u201ca dissociative stupor\u201d for 47 days due to the abuse he has suffered in prison, Lebson said. Gilman had been moved from a prison to a civilian hospital, where he was hooked up to a feeding tube and handcuffed to a bed.<\/p>\n

Hospital reports conveyed Gilman\u2019s condition \u201cas dire and life-threatening,\u201d pushing the U.S. government into action and leading to \u201ca unilateral humanitarian release\u201d by Russian officials, Lebson said.<\/p>\n

Markey had called on Russia and the U.S. to work together to get the Massachusetts resident released. Gilman was among at least eight Americans who remained in Russian custody after a series of high-profile\u00a0prisoner exchanges\u00a0with the U.S. in recent years.<\/p>\n

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Markey blamed Russia for Gilman\u2019s poor health, saying his return to the U.S. was long overdue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a tragedy that it took Robert\u2019s near-death condition for his case to receive the attention that it required for his release to be negotiated,\u201d Markey said. \u201cThroughout his detention, Robert was subjected to physical torture, forced medication, and provocations by Russian authorities. There is no doubt that his treatment by Russian authorities is the reason Robert is in this precarious state today.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Associated Press was making efforts to get comment from Russian officials on Gilman\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

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