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A U.S.-Russian ballerina who was not a part of final week’s huge prisoner swap between Russia and the West has pleaded responsible Wednesday to a treason cost, reviews say.
Ksenia Karelina made her first look in Russian court docket in Yekaterinburg because the Aug. 1 launch of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, in keeping with Reuters.
Karelina, a dual-citizen, lives in Los Angeles however was detained whereas visiting household in Russia in February. Authorities declare that Karelina raised cash for the Ukrainian military and took half in “public actions” that supported Ukraine whereas within the U.S.
Karelina’s lawyer mentioned Wednesday that she has entered a responsible plea and a verdict within the case is anticipated to be introduced Thursday, Reuters is reporting, citing Russian state media.
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Ksenia Karelina is seen in Maryland in December 2015. Reuters is reporting Wednesday that she pleaded responsible in a Russian court docket to a treason cost. (Eleonora Srebroski/Handout/Reuters)
She reportedly advised her boyfriend that Russia was protected, and he had no cause to worry her visiting, in keeping with her former mother-in-law Eleonora Sreborski.
While in Russia earlier this yr, authorities reportedly examined Karelina’s cellphone, producing images that seem to indicate her at an anti-Putin and anti-war protest in Los Angeles, the place she was holding an indication declaring, “We want peace.”
One pro-Putin information outlet indicated that the cost associated to cash she despatched to a Ukrainian charity – a complete sum of $51.80 – claiming “she understood where and what she was sending.”
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Ksenia Karelina is seen throughout a earlier court docket look in Russia. (East2West)
Sreborski had claimed that Karelina donated, however that it was to Razom for Ukraine, which sends non-military support to the nation.
Karelina, shortly after her arrest, tried to attraction her case, however the court docket rejected the movement and prolonged her pre-trial detention, which befell in a Siberian jail.
Chris Van Heerden, her boyfriend, says Ksenia Karelina is proud to be American and Russian. (Fox News)
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If discovered responsible, she would face a sentence of 12 years to life in jail, Reuters reviews.
