**Witkoff: Gilman family grateful to Putin for loved one's return**

 

> The thanks should go to Trump, since it was his initiative," the Russian president said.


R**obert Gilman was detained in Russia's Voronezh in January 2022 after a drunken disturbance **on the Sukhumi–Moscow train and an attack on a police officer. 

**He was initially sentenced to 4.5 years in prison, later reduced to 3.5 years. **Further attacks on Russian prison and investigative officials led to additional convictions, bringing his total sentence to 10 years by late 2025.

**Russia agreed to release Gilman** on August 11.

_Isn’t it a manipulation on the family values to get more trust?_

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