According to Russian media reports, in the first days of the conflict, Ksenia Karelina made a transfer of about 50 dollars (45 euros) to the Ukrainian-American NGO Razom, which provides material assistance to Ukraine.
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The Sverdlovsk Regional Court in the Urals (Russia) sentenced a Russian-American citizen to 12 years in prison on Thursday, August 15, for “treason”This 32-year-old woman, tried behind closed doors, was prosecuted for donating to an organization helping Ukraine.
The conviction comes as the United States accuses Moscow of specifically targeting Americans in Russia to use them as bargaining chips for Russians held in Western countries.
According to Russian media reports, in the first days of the conflict Ksenia Karelina transferred about 50 dollars (45 euros) to the Ukrainian-American NGO Razom, which provides material assistance to Ukraine. The court assured that these funds were “used for the purchase of medical equipment, weapons and ammunition by the Ukrainian armed forces”. “During the trial, the accused fully confessed her guilt”the court said.
Her lawyer, Mikhail Mushailov, announced that his client plans to file a “partially appealed the verdict”according to the Interfax news agency. In a letter shared by her lawyer on social networks, Ksenia Karelina thanks those who supported her. Originally from Yekaterinburg in the Urals, she lived in California in the United States, where she emigrated more than ten years ago and obtained American citizenship. She was arrested in February 2024 in Russia, where she had gone to visit her grandparents.
