Karelina, who has American and Russian citizenship, pleaded guilty last week after a trial held behind closed doors. Ksenia Karelina had been living in Los Angeles and became a US citizen in 2021.

A Russian court has sentenced amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in jail for treason for donating $51 (£39) to a charity supporting Ukraine.

A Russian court sentenced US-Russian dual national Ksenia Khavana to 12 years in prison for treason. Khavana was arrested in Yekaterinburg, Russia, for donating $51 to a Ukraine-supporting charity.

Ksenia Karelina was found guilty of 'high treason' by a Russian court on Thursday and has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in a general regime colony.

Russian-American woman Ksenia Karelina, who was serving a 12-year prison sentence for treason in Russia, has arrived in the United States after being released as part of a prisoner exchange.

Dual US-Russian citizen sentenced to 12 years in Russian prison over $75 donation Photo shows A pretty white woman with curled brown hair looks trepidatiously out of a glass court cell ...

A dual Russian-American citizen, Karelina was jailed for 12 years last August after a Russian court found her guilty of treason. She donated just over $50 to Razom, a New York-based charity ...

A Russian court has sentenced amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in jail for treason for donating $51 (£39) to a charity supporting Ukraine. Karelina, who has American and Russian ...