The State Department confirmed on Thursday the liberation of American-Russian prisoner Ksenia Karelina, whom the Russian government had sentenced to 12 years in prison last year on charges of “treason” for donating to a Ukrainian charity.
The administration of President Donald Trump reportedly secured Karelina’s release as part of a prisoner swap deal that also released a Russian national, Artur Petrov, imprisoned in the United States on charges of illegally exporting American microelectronic technology. The release preceded scheduled talks between American representatives and Russian officials in Istanbul, Turkey aimed at improving relations between the two countries which have deteriorated to their worst state since the Cold War under previous President Joe Biden.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Karelina was “on a plane
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