Nefertiti0 Posted August 7 Posted August 7 (edited) Update: Ksenia Karelina, a dual American-Russian citizen, was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in a Russian penal colony on treason charges. Russian-American dual citizen Ksenia Karelina has pleaded guilty in a Russian court to a charge of treason, state news agency RIA quoted her lawyer as saying on Wednesday. Karelina is a Los Angeles resident and amateur ballerina who was born in Russia but emigrated to the United States in 2012. She became a US citizen in 2021. The Los Angeles spa employee was faces a sentence of 12 years to life in prison if convicted. Karelina, who was not included in a major prisoner swap between Russia and the West last week, is on trial in the city of Yekaterinburg over a donation she made in 2022. She was arrested by the FSB security service after flying to Russia to visit her family in Yekaterinburg at the start of the year. Investigators brought the treason charge after discovering on her mobile phone that she had donated $51.80 to Razom, US charity that provides aid to Ukraine, when Russia invaded its neighbour in February 2022. The FSB alleged that the ultimate beneficiary was the Ukrainian army. She entered Russia in January but the US did not learn of her arrest until February 8. Her boyfriend had bought her ticket to visit the country as a birthday gift. source source Edited August 15 by Nefertiti0 1
Illuminati Posted August 7 Posted August 7 24 minutes ago, Nefertiti0 said: Her boyfriend he had bought her ticket to visit the country as a birthday gift.
shookspeare Posted August 7 Posted August 7 Well at least she'll probably get exchanged at some point. The fact that they went through her Venmo, chile they were looking for ANYTHING to take an American hostage 1
Bosque Posted August 7 Posted August 7 (edited) This is why absolutely no one should go to Russia. I feel like at some point the US just needs to tell its citizens who travel there that they will be on their own if imprisoned Edited August 7 by Bosque 4
Archetype Posted August 7 Posted August 7 1 hour ago, Bosque said: This is why absolutely no one should go to Russia. I feel like at some point the US just needs to tell its citizens who travel there that they will be on their own if imprisoned Or just ban US citizens from traveling there. The fact that we release actual convicted Russian felons to free random Americans is messed up and completely avoidable. Americans should just flat out not go there, period.
Nefertiti0 Posted August 8 Author Posted August 8 2 hours ago, NoOneDiesFromLove said: 12 years to life all for $51 dollars is fvcked it's probably even worse for many Russians. there were reports about 21-year-old student sentenced to 9 years after donating $30; 19-year-old sentenced to 12 years in a strict penal colony; 27-year-old teacher sentenced to 5 years in prison and 15 more in a strict-regime penal colony for a transfer of $250 to his brother in Ukraine, 36-year-old woman sentenced to 12 years in prison for donating $58...
Nefertiti0 Posted August 15 Author Posted August 15 She was sentenced today to 12 years in a penal colony
SmittenCake Posted August 16 Posted August 16 12 hours ago, Nefertiti0 said: She was sentenced today to 12 years in a penal colony horrifying
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