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US/Russian Ballerina Jailed For 12yrs For Donating to Ukraine is FREED
US/Russian Ballerina Ksenia Karelina FREED From Russian Jail in Prisoner Swap
A US/Russian ballerina jailed for 12 years in Russia after donating $51 to a charity supporting Ukraine has been RELEASED
AP 10 APR 2025
Ksenia Karelina was arrested in Yekaterinburg in February last year after returning to Russia to visit her family.
Karelina has been freed as part of a prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia.
She obtained US citizenship in 2021 after marrying an American and moving to Los Angeles, where she worked at a spa.
Russias FSB security service had claimed she proactively collected money in the interests of one of the Ukrainian organisations, which was subsequently used to purchase tactical medical supplies, equipment, weapons, and ammunition for the Ukrainian armed forces
On Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that she had been released and was on a plane home to the U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NWZJ2Z7TLI
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