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.
The American ballerina accused of committing treason by donating $51.80 to Ukraine 's military has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
She was later detained and charged with treason. Karelina pleaded guilty in her closed trial last week, news reports said. Karelina stood in a glass defendant's cage wearing a white top and jeans as the verdict was read out, a video posted by the court showed. The Los Angeles resident pleaded guilty at her closed trial in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, where her case was heard by the same court that convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich of espionage in July.
It is understood that when she arrived at Koltsovo airport law enforcement searched the word 'Ukraine' in her phone and found evidence of the donation. Karelina, who worked at a spa in Beverley Hills, had travelled home around the New Year after her boyfriend surprised her with a plane ticket. She is pictured in New York City
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