Rubio at a meeting with Lavrov raised the issue of release from prison in Russian US Marine

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio raised the issue of the release of an American citizen and former Marine Robert Gilman during talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on July 23, Reuters reported, citing a source.

According to the agency, Washington is seeking Gilman's release so that he can receive urgent medical care. A White House official told Reuters that the White House has repeatedly tried to return Gilman to the United States.

Gilman has been imprisoned since 2022 in Russia. According to Reuters, according to relatives and human rights activists, the marine may be in serious condition and is allegedly fed through a probe.

"About a month ago, he was transferred from the prison hospital to In Voronezh, he was admitted to the psychiatric department of the civil clinic after he was diagnosed with dissociative stupor. Gilman's mother and a representative of the American consulate said they were not allowed to visit him in the hospital," the agency claims.

As EADaily reported, on July 23 in Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of ASEAN ministerial events in Manila. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that a thorough exchange of views was held on a wide range of bilateral and international agendas in the development of recent high-level contacts. Lavrov reiterated Moscow's readiness for a political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict on the Ukraine and the commitment to the proposals that were put forward by the American side at the meeting of the presidents The Russian Federation and the United States of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Anchorage and to which the Russian leader agreed.