MOSCOW/WASHINGTON — Russia released a ballerina from Los Angeles on Thursday (April 10) who had been sentenced to 12 years in jail for donating to a charity aiding Ukraine, in exchange for a ...

A US ballerina jailed for 12 years in Russia after donating $51 (€45) to a charity supporting Ukraine has been freed. Ksenia Karelina was arrested in Yekaterinburg in February last year after ...

The Russian-American ballerina was freed in exchange for Arthur Petrov, a German-Russian native accused of exporting sensitive US electronics for use in the Russian military, per Reuters.

THE U.S. HELD HIM ON CHARGES OF TECH SMUGGLING. KAROLINA IS A 33 YEAR OLD AMATEUR BALLERINA WHO WAS WORKING AT A LOS ANGELES SPA. SHE FIRST CAME TO THE U.S. IN 2012, WORKING AT A VEGETABLE STAND ...

Ballerina Ksenia Karelina - jailed in Russia after giving £40 to a charity supporting Ukraine - has been released as part of a prisoner swap deal with the US. The 34-year-old US-Russian citizen ...

The former ballerina was convicted on Russian treason charges last year after donating $51.80 to a humanitarian group aiding victims of the war in Ukraine Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE.

The Kremlin on Thursday freed Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina sentenced to 12 years in prison for donating to a Ukrainian charity, in exchange for a man accused of funneling military ...

U.S.-Russian ballerina Ksenia Karelina has been released from Russian custody after a prisoner swap was negotiated with Vladimir Putin’s top officials. Karelina, a 33-year-old living in Los ...

(The Hill) – Ksenia Karelina, a U.S.-Russian dual national who was detained last year on treason charges, was released from Russia Thursday in the latest prisoner exchange, according to the ...

Former ballerina Ksenia Karelina was born in Russia but had built a new life as an aesthetician at a Los Angeles spa after immigrating to the United States more than a decade ago. She “is on a ...