From Breitbart: A Russian court on Wednesday added two more years to the sentence of Robert Gilman, an American citizen and Marine Corps veteran accused of attacking Russian police and prison guards.
Gilman, 30, began a career teaching English to foreign-language students after his service in the Marines. He was traveling through Russia on his way to a teaching job in Moldova in the winter of 2021 when he became seriously ill.
After spending some time recuperating and visiting family members outside of Moscow, he was on his way back to the Russian capital when he grew sick again. According to Gilman’s supporters, while on the train on his way back to Moscow to have his passport repaired at the U.S. Embassy, he became violently ill again, and instead of helping him, Russian police beat him without provocation and took him to the police station, instead of a hospital. While he was struggling with the police, he accidentally struck one of the officers with his leg.
Russian prosecutors claim Gilman was drunk and causing a disturbance aboard the train he was traveling on and they charged him with assaulting the police officers, rather than the other way around.
As is the custom in Russia, Gilman was first only charged with mere “hooliganism,” and sentenced to three and a half years in prison. He was later hit with a slew of more serious charges. Breitbart explains that Russia often uses this as a tactic to “create a legalistic pretext for taking a hostage.”
Last year his prison sentence was extended when he was accused of violence against the prison guards, then another two years were tacked on this week when he was once again accused of assaulting prison guards.
Gilman is one of 9 U.S. citizens currently being held in Russian prisons.
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Former U.S. Marine and English teacher Robert Gilman was found guilty of attacking a guard at the prison where he is currently being held.https://t.co/RGia8skjC9
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) December 3, 2025
This Veterans Day, we honor Robert Gilman.
A proud U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Robert has been wrongfully imprisoned in Russia since January 2022. He is the third American Marine held by the Kremlin as a political pawn.
Honor his service. Demand his freedom.
No U.S. veteran… pic.twitter.com/lkPfNShGoJ
— James W. Foley Legacy Foundation (@JamesFoleyFund) November 11, 2025
American citizen Robert Gilman has received another 2-year sentence in Russia’s Voronezh for a new case involving an alleged assault on prison staff, his lawyer told RIA Novosti. Combined with previous convictions, his total term now reaches 10 years.
Gilman was first jailed in… pic.twitter.com/sjFeu3H5ir
— Brian McDonald (@27khv) December 4, 2025
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