American ex-Marine feared near death after weeks in catatonic state in Russian prison Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who has been held in a Russian prison since 2022, could be close to death, advocacy groups representing his family warned on Thursday. They also say Gilman is currently being fed through a tube after falling into a catatonic-like state. Hostage advocacy groups and Gilman's sister indicated the former service member may have been tortured and injected with mind-altering drugs before falling into a stupor in June, Reuters reported. Eric Lebson, chief strategy officer of Global Reach, an advocacy group representing Gilman's family, told Fox News Digital that Gilman has been u
nable to eat on his own for more than six weeks. US PILOT AND INFLUENCER RELEASED FROM CHILEAN ANTARCTIC DETENTION 2 MONTHS AFTER ALLEGED UNAUTHORIZED LANDING Gilman was transferred in late June from a prison hospital to the psychiatric ward of a civilian emergency hospital in Voronezh after entering what was assessed as a "dissociative stupor," Lebson said. "For the past 46 days he has been fed through a tube," Lebson added. "The Russians have not been responsive," he said before adding that the Russians have also "not allowed his mother to see him, which raises our level of concern that something serious has now happened." Lebson said the Russian hospital also barred his mother from visiti
ng him, despite a judicial order allowing her to see her son. "She flew to Russia, and they are not allowing her to come and do what is needed to get him out of a stupor," Lebson said. "His mother and lawyer have been prohibited from seeing him since he was moved to the civilian hospital 46 days ago," Lebson added. NATIONAL GUARDSMAN ACCUSED OF SEEKING TO SEND PHOTOS OF SENSITIVE MILITARY TECHNOLOGY TO RUSSIA According to Lebson, the White House and the State Department have urged Moscow to release Gilman so he can receive urgent medical treatment in the United States. "The State Department and the National Security Council have been very actively engaged in communication about the need for
