An American-Russian dual national imprisoned in Russia last year on treason charges for allegedly donating to a charity supporting Ukraine was freed on April 10, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced.
Ksenia Karelina, 32, is “on a plane back home to the United States,” Rubio said in an April 10 social media post.
“She was wrongfully detained by Russia for over a year and President Trump secured her release,” Rubio wrote.
The Secretary of State added that the president will “continue to work for the release of ALL Americans.”
CIA Director John Ratcliffe told the Wall Street Journal newspaper that Karelina was transferred to the United States as part of a prisoner swap aided by the United Arab Emirates. The exchange took place at an airport in Abu Dhabi, he said….