Marco Rubio, Foreign Minister of the United States, announced on Thursday that the American Russian Ballerina Xenia Karelina is again in general. The double citizen is already on his way to the US.
The “Wall Street Journal” had previously reported that Russia had in a prisoners in a prisoner, reached the release of German-Russian Arthur Petrov in 2023. He is accused of illegal exporting electronic components for military purposes to Russia.
Karelina was “wrongly held by Russia for more than a year” that US President Donald Trump had obtained her release, Rubio said Thursday. Karelina’s lawyer said that the prisoner exchange was carried out in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
Karelina, who lived and worked in Los Angeles, was arrested last year in Jekaterinburg during a family visit. She was sentenced to twelve years in prison for “betrayal”.
In prison for alleged mini donation for Ukraine
According to Russian media, it is said that it has donated $ 50 to an organization that supports Ukraine.
Source: Krone
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