A Russian court sentenced Ksenia Karelina, a dual Russian-US citizen, to 12 years in prison for treason over a donation she made to a charity that helps Ukraine.
The Sverdlovsk Regional Court announced the sentence Thursday after prosecutors had asked the judge to jail Karelina for 15 years. The Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, accused her in February of collecting funds for the Ukrainian army, Russia’s state-run Tass news service reported.
Ksenia Karelina in court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in June.
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A resident of Los Angeles, Karelina, 33, was detained during a family visit to the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. She pleaded guilty on Aug. 7 and ...
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