A US-Russian ballerina jailed on high treason charges for donating USD 50 to a pro-Ukranian charity in America has had her plea to scrap the sentence rejected by judges.
Ksenia Karelina, who lives in Los Angeles, was seized by police during a visit to her family in Yekaterinburg 10 months ago (in January).
She was initially held for petty hooliganism, accused of swearing in public but prosecutors quickly upped the charge to treason.
Karelina, 32, had donated USD 51.80 to the New York-based charity Razom for Ukraine shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
She had become a US citizen in 2021 but was seized by Russia's feared FSB security agents in the street.
Video: FSB RF/Newsflash/NewsX
Ksenia Karelina, who lives in Los Angeles, was seized by police during a visit to her family in Yekaterinburg 10 months ago (in January).
She was initially held for petty hooliganism, accused of swearing in public but prosecutors quickly upped the charge to treason.
Karelina, 32, had donated USD 51.80 to the New York-based charity Razom for Ukraine shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
She had become a US citizen in 2021 but was seized by Russia's feared FSB security agents in the street.
Video: FSB RF/Newsflash/NewsX
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