VORONEZH, August 12. /TASS/. Robert Gilman, a former US Marine who was recently released from a Russian prison on humanitarian grounds, is seriously ill and needs further treatment, his lawyer Irina Brazhnikova, told TASS.

"His condition remains severe and he needs further treatment. However, he is now able to sit up and talk a little," she said.

US President Donald Trump announced on August 11 that Gilman, who had been convicted in Russia, would return home. According to the US leader, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not ask for anyone in exchange. The Associated Press reported that Gilman would be hospitalized in Texas for medical evaluation and treatment.

Gilman was detained on January 19, 2022, at the Voronezh train station for a drunken brawl on a train. At a police station, he kicked a police officer. He was initially sentenced to four and a half years in a standard-security penal colony, but his prison term was reduced by one year in May 2023. A separate criminal case was opened later after Gilman refused to comply with prison regulations and assaulted a corrections officer. In early July, court proceedings in the cases in Voronezh were suspended after Gilman was hospitalized for treatment.