Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who is serving a long prison sentence in Russia, has been admitted to hospital, according to Kommersant newspaper. Gilman’s lawyer said he was receiving treatment but that it was too early to talk about a diagnosis.

Gilman was first jailed in 2022 for assaulting a police officer while drunk, and his sentence was extended in 2024 following subsequent convictions for assaulting prison officials and a state investigator. State media reported last December that he was facing a total sentence of 10 years after a further conviction for assaulting prison staff.

Gilman’s supporters in the United States say he was ill when he was first arrested, and that he was provoked while in prison into actions that led to the further charges. A source close to the Kremlin told Reuters last year that Gilman was one of nine people on a list of Americans jailed in Russia that Washington wanted to be released and returned to the U.S.

Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.