The US secured Karelina’s return in exchange for a Russian German Arthur Petrov, who was arrested in Cyprus in ... Karelina was sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony in August.

A Russian-American ... to Ukraine and sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony. In exchange, the US reportedly freed Arthur Petrov, a dual German-Russian citizen arrested in Cyprus in 2023.

A prisoner swap earlier this month freed Kseniya Karelina, a dual Russian-U.S. citizen and Los Angeles spa worker, who had been serving a 12-year sentence for treason for donating just over $50 to ...

The former ballet teacher was jailed on treason ... prisoner exchanges Russia and the United States carried out in the past three years. The young woman reportedly obtained US citizenship after ...

A Los Angeles Woman ... to Russia from Istanbul in early January 2024 for a two-week trip to spend time with her 90-year-old grandmother, parents and younger sister. That's when she was arrested.

Petrov was arrested in Cyprus in August 2023 at the request of the U.S. on charges of smuggling sensitive microelectronics to Russia. He was extradited to the U.S. a year later.