Ex-ballerina Ksenia Karelina returns to US after prisoner exchange with Russia
A former ballet dancer, the dual Russian-US national was among a growing number of Americans arrested in Russia as tensions between Moscow and Washington soared over the Kremlin's all-out war in Ukraine.
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A former ballet dancer, the dual Russian-US national was among a growing number of Americans arrested in Russia as tensions between Moscow and Washington soared over the Kremlin's all-out war in Ukraine.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/11/ex-ballerina-ksenia-karelina-returns-to-us-after-prisoner-exchange-with-russia
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00:00Russian-American Senya Karolina landed in the U.S. on Thursday night after being freed by Russia in exchange for a Russian-German man jailed on smuggling charges in the U.S.
00:12Karolina was met at the Joint Base Andrews in Maryland by family and friends.
00:17She was among a growing number of Americans arrested in Russia in recent years as tensions between Moscow and Washington spiked over the war in Ukraine.
00:27The Dwarf National was arrested in February 2024 in Russia and convicted of treason on charges stemming from a donation of about $52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.
00:39U.S. authorities have called the case ludicrous.
00:42Her release is the latest in a series of high-profile prisoner exchanges Russia and the U.S. carried out in the last three years, and the second since Trump took office.