Russia’s security service apprehended a United States person on suspicion of‘high treason’ after she apparently raised ₤4110 for theUkrainian military.
vand a hat pulled over her eyes.She’s then led into court where she’s seen behind metal bars.
The citizen ofLosAngeles– thought to be wed to anAmerican– was jailed inYekatarinburg on the exact same dayAmerican reporterTuckerCarlson performed a two-hour interview withRussianPresidentVladimirPutin
Another United States reporter,WallStreetJournal press reporterEvanGershkovich, was jailed in the exact same city,800 miles east ofMoscow, on espionage charges in 2015.
The FSB, the primary follower to theSoviet -age KGB, apprehendedKseniaKarelina,33, a lady with joint United States-Russian citizenship on suspicion of high treason.(Picture:RiaNovosti/ e2w)
Video video footage programsKarelina, a jointRussian- United States person, being led away by security services((***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ):RiaNovosti/ e2w)
Russian- United States personKseniaKarelina was seen handcuffed and blindfolded in her home city ofYekaterinburg,Russia(Picture:RiaNovosti/ e2w)
Karelina is implicated of‘providing financial assistance to a foreign state in activities directed against the security of’, according to a declaration by the FSB,Russia’s security service,Reuters reported.
It is alleged she transferred $51.8 to Razom for Ukraine, a US charity describing itself as ‘actively contributing to the establishment of a secure, prosperous, and democratic Ukraine’.
The organisation’s website says it uses donations to fund food packages for Ukrainian families, children’s summer camps, first aid kits, psychological support for vulnerable kids, field medic packs, and home repair kits.
Karelina now faces up to life in prison after Putin increased the sentence for treason from 20 years in 2023.
Karelina was visiting Yekaterinburg where she’s originally from when she was arrested (Picture: K Karelina/e2w)
Ksenia Karelina, a 33-year-old resident of Los Angeles originally from Russia, is accused of treason in her home country (Picture: Ksenia Karelina/e2w)
An FSB spokesperson said: ‘Since February 2022, she has been proactively collecting funds in the interests of one of the Ukrainian organisations, which were subsequently used to purchase tactical medicine items, equipment, weapons and ammunition by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.’
According to Karelina’s Facebook page, she’s originally from Yekatarinburg and studied at the Urals Federal University based there.
The 33-year-old is understood to have gained US citizenship in 2021. She was visiting Yekaterinburg at the time of her arrest.
It was in the US that the FSB alleges she ‘repeatedly took part in public actions in support of the Kyiv regime’, The Moscow Times reported.
She was initially arrested at the end of January and sentenced to 14 days in prison for ‘swearing’, according to Mediazona, an independentRussian outlet.The charge was later on updated to treason.
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(********************* )Karelina was expected to have a court hearing onTuesday,February 20, however this was held off toFebruary29 due to the absence of a legal representative, RIANovosti reported.
FyodorKrasheninnikov, a political researcher andPutin critic who leftRussia in2021, stated:’She most likely supportedUkraine a number of times on social media networks, possibly she gathered something there.”(******************
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‘If you took part in any anti-war demonstrations, composed something on social media networks, or, particularly, contributed toUkrainians or motivated them to do this, believe a hundred times.
‘Do you really need to go to Russia urgently? A second passport will not save you from anything.’
A representative for the United States embassy inMoscow stated:‘We are aware of the reports, however due to privacy considerations we have nothing further to convey at this moment.’
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