Russia has freed Ksenia Karelina, an American prisoner, says Rubio
The secretary of state Marco Rubio declared on Thursday that an American citizen had been issued by the Russian case in a rare exchange of prisoners, in the midst of a wider effort in Washington and Moscow to repair relationships.The prisoner, Ksenia Karelina, a double citizen of Russia and the United States, was serving a 12 -year sentence in Russia after being sentenced for treason for having donated about $ 50 to a non -profit group that sends assistance to Ukraine.Rubio said on Thursday that Mrs. Karelina, 33, was "on a plane at home in the United States"."He was unjustly detained by Russia for over a year and President Trump ensured his release," he wrote on X.The news of the release of Mrs. Karelina was reported for the first time by the Wall Street Journal, according to which the mo...