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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 arrived back in the United States late Thursday following her release from a Russian jail as part of a prisoner swap with Moscow. The 33-year-old’s ...

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 US ballerina jailed for 12 years in Russia after donating $51 to a charity supporting Ukraine has been freed. Ksenia Karelina was arrested in Yekaterinburg in February last year after returning ...

The Kremlin on Thursday freed Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina sentenced to 12 years in prison for donating to a Ukrainian charity, in exchange for a man accused of funneling military ...