Heerden said that because Karelina is a dual U.S.-Russian citizen, the U.S. State Department has had no access to her in detention. "For the last 8 months, I was pushing for a wrongful detention ...

KSENIA KARELINA, Freed Russian-American Prisoner: I danced since I was 4 years old. And that was my choice, because I saw ballet at 4 years old, and I begged my mom to send me to do ballet.

Karelina was freed in exchange for German-Russian Arthur Petrov at a swap in Abu Dhabi, the Wall Street Journal reported. “American Ksenia Karelina is on a plane back home to the United States ...

A plane carrying Ksenia Karelina landed around 11 p.m. EDT at Joint Base Andrews, where she was greeted by her fiancé. Morgan Ortagus, President Donald Trump's deputy special envoy to the Middle ...

LONDON -- Ksenia Karelina, a dual American-Russian citizen, was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in a Russian penal colony on treason charges, local media reported.

Ksenia Karelina met with President Donald Trump on Monday. Last year, Karelina was arrested and convicted of treason for donating nearly $52 to support Ukraine.

Ksenia Karelina, a U.S.-Russia dual citizen who was detained in Russia over an apparent donation to a Ukrainian aid group, appeared via video in court on Thursday. A judge denied her appeal.

Amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina, 32, was arrested in Russia on suspicion of treason, according to Moscow officials. The US-Russian dual citizen allegedly donated $51 to Ukraine’s war effort ...