Ksenia Karelina was convicted of treason on charges stemming from a donation of about US$52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.
A US-Russian dual national imprisoned in Russia on treason charges was freed on Thursday in a prisoner exchange with Washington, the woman’s lawyer and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Ksenia Karelina, also identified in the media as Ksenia Khavana, is “on a plane back home to the United States”, Rubio said in a post on X. She was arrested in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg in February 2024 and convicted of treason later that year on charges stemming from a donation of about US$52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.
