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Russia frees American Ksenia Karelina in prisoner swap

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Karelina was arrested in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg in February 2024 and convicted of treason on charges stemming from a donation of about $52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff flew to Russia on Friday for talks with President Vladimir Putin about the search for a peace deal on Ukraine, the Kremlin said, saying the t...
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A Russian-American ballerina who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Russia for donating to a charity aiding Ukraine landed in Washington on Thursday after being freed in exchange for a man the U....

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Freed ballerina Ksenia Karelina arrives in US after release from Russian penal colony in prisoner swap
Karelina was arrested in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg in February 2024 and convicted of treason on charges stemming from a donation of about $52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.
Ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina arrives in US after being released by Russia in prisoner exchange
U.S.-Russian dual citizen Ksenia Karelina was released from a Russian prison in an overnight prisoner exchange, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday.
Russia frees U.S. dual national Ksenia Karelina in prisoner swap arranged by CIA, FSB
U.S. and Russian intelligence agencies negotiated an agreement to free American Ksenia Karelina in exchange for a Russian detainee.
Trump envoy in Russia for talks with Putin about Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff flew to Russia on Friday for talks with President Vladimir Putin about the search for a peace deal on Ukraine, the Kremlin said, saying the two men might also discuss a Trump-Putin meeting.
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Who are the Americans still in Russian custody?
Russia has released a Russian American imprisoned on treason charges that Washington has dismissed as ludicrous, but several other Americans remain in Russian custody. Ksenia Karelina was arrested
Russia and US bring ballerina and tech smuggler back home in prisoner swap
Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Russia for donating to a charity aiding Ukraine, landed in Washington after being freed.
Jailed US Citizen Released in Prisoner Swap With Russia, Lawyer Says
A lawyer for a Russian-American citizen serving a 12-year prison sentence in Russia told Reuters on Thursday that she had been released in a prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington. Ksenia Karelina was found guilty last year of treason by a Russian court for donating money to a U.
Who are the American and the Russian prisoners in the latest swap?
The United States and Russia swapped prisoners on Thursday, bringing a dual citizen jailed in Russia back home in return for a Russian-German national accused of exporting sensitive U.S. electronics for use in Russia's military.
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