Prompt: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/29887978/ballerina-charity-ukraine-russia-prison-jail-karelina/ Description: 2024-08-15 10:08 UTC Ksenia Karelina, a 33-year-old US ballerina, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a Russian court for donating £30 to a pro-Ukraine charity.
A US ballerina has been imprisoned by Russia for 12 years after she donated just £40 to a pro-Ukraine charity.The Los Angeles resident pleaded guilty at her closed trial in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg last week.Russia viewed the charity she donated to as helping the Ukrainian military and vowed to arrest anyone for treason if they contributed.
WSJ's Evan Gershkovich holds US flag after release from jail in prisoner swap 491 DAYS after wrongful arrest in Russia Political scientist Fyodor Krasheninnikov claimed: “She probably supported Ukraine a couple of times on social networks, maybe she collected something there.
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