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.

US-Russian ballerina Ksenia Karelina embraces her fiancé, South African boxer Chris Van Heerden, after landing in Maryland Thursday after 15 months in a Russian prison.© AFP via Getty Images ...

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.

Karelina, also identified in some media as Ksenia Khavana, lived in Maryland before moving to Los Angeles. She was arrested when she returned to Russia to visit her family last year.

President Donald Trump greeted Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina and esthetician who was held in a Russian prison for over a year, at the White House. Trump met with Karelina, 34, in ...

Ksenia Karelina, also known as Ksenia Khavana, sits in a court room in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Moscow freed a Russian American ...

President Donald Trump met Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina and esthetician who was held in a Russian prison for over a year. Trump met with Karelina, 34, in the Oval Office on Monday ...