Russian American ballerina Ksenia Karelina said in a video she was "so grateful" to President Donald Trump after landing on American soil following a prisoner swap with Russia. Trump shared the ...

Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina was released from Kremlin custody in a prisoner swap with the United States on Thursday morning. Karelina was freed in exchange for German-Russian Arthur ...

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 ...

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 ...

Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina, who has been wrongfully detained in Russia for more than a year, is on her way back to the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed early ...

A Russian-American ex-ballerina freed by Moscow arrived back in the US late Thursday as part of a prisoner swap completed as the two countries continue to repair ties.

That same month, Russia released another American just days after arresting him on drug smuggling charges. Karelina, a former ballet dancer, reportedly obtained U.S. citizenship after marrying an ...

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 ...

A former ballerina who spent more than a year in a Russian jail for donating £40 to a charity supporting Ukraine has returned home to the US after being freed in a prisoner exchange. Ksenia ...

A Russian-American ballerina who was sentenced to serve 12 years in a hellhole jail for donating to a charity aiding Ukraine landed in Washington after being freed in a prisoner swap has been ...

In August last year, the US and Russia carried out their biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with 24 prisoners gaining their freedom, including US journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-US ...