US conservative political commentator and podcaster Candace Owens has expressed gratitude to Russian doctors for providing life-saving treatment to a member of her security detail during her visit to Moscow last month.

In a letter exclusively seen by RT, Owens thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Ministry of Health, and the medical personnel involved, as well as ordinary citizens, who displayed “extraordinary hospitality” and “profound kindness” toward the man.

She revealed that during her stay in Russia in early June, the unnamed member of her security team, who happens to be a US military veteran, suffered a “severe stroke” and “collapsed from a massive blood clot in his brain.” The man was rushed to a hospital, with the paramedics demonstrating a “remarkable” speed and efficiency, according to Owens.

Russian doctors successfully performed emergency brain surgery, handling the situation “with great care, consideration, and professionalism,” the letter says. The American political commentator also noted that upon learning that the patient was a US army veteran, the Russian medical staff displayed a “beautiful and transcendent camaraderie” toward him.

“The Russian doctors, paramedics, and medical teams truly saved his life,” Owens wrote.

She added that the surgery had a positive impact on the man’s overall health, “miraculously” clearing up his chronic conditions, including hearing and vision impairments, so he has even ceased to use the aids that he previously needed.

The man has now returned to the US and is “on the path to a full recovery,” according to Owens.

Her visit to Russia last month drew criticism from some commentators in the US, including her former boss and Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro. The podcaster has some six million subscribers on YouTube and has laughed off what she has described as a “Cold War hangover.”

On arrival in Moscow, she posted on X photos of herself on Red Square, as well as in a theater and a church, writing that “it is genuinely shocking how clean, beautiful, and orderly this city is. It is so far removed from media depictions.”

Owens rose to prominence in the late 2010s urging black voters to stop supporting the Democrats. In 2020, she joined Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire, where her self-titled podcast reached millions of viewers. However, Owens was fired four years later after publicly falling out with her boss over Israel’s military campaign against Hamas in Gaza.