Russia Extends Prison Sentence of U.S. Citizen Robert Gilman to Ten Years

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