She came from Russia with nothing but love. When Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina stepped off an airplane in Maryland Thursday after 15 months in a grim Russian prison — she landed in ...

Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina, has returned to the U.S. after being held in Russia since 2024. She was sentenced for “high treason” for allegedly financially supporting Ukraine ...

Ksenia Karelina is on her way home. Over one year after the American former ballerina was imprisoned in Russia for "high treason" while she was visiting her family, she has been freed, CIA ...

A Russian-American woman who was imprisoned for treason by Russia has been freed, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday. Former ballerina Ksenia Karelina was born in Russia but had built a ...

Ksenia Karelina, a U.S.-Russian citizen visiting family in Russia, was arrested in February 2024 and later convicted of treason on charges stemming from a donation of about $52 to a charity aiding ...

The former ballerina was convicted on Russian treason charges last year after donating $51.80 to a humanitarian group aiding victims of the war in Ukraine Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE.

Trump publicly thanked Russia for the release of the ballerina. He said he had received a call advocating for her release from a friend, UFC Chairman Dana White. "They released the young ballerina ...