Russia seeks 15-year sentence for US-Russian ballerina Ksenia Karelina
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Ksenia Karelina pleads guilty to treason charge after February arrest for donating to pro-Ukraine charity.

Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina has pleaded guilty to treason charges after she was arrested for donating money to a charity supporting Ukraine.

Russian prosecutors are seeking a 15-year sentence after the security services accused Ms Karelina of collecting money that was used to purchase tactical supplies for the Ukrainian army.

She was detained by authorities in Yekaterinburg, about 1,600km (1,000 miles) east of Moscow after a family visit in February.

The sentence comes one week after Russia and the West carried out the largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War, where 24 people jailed in seven different countries were exchanged.

Ms Karelina’s lawyer said the prosecutors’ request for a 15-year sentence in a penal colony was too severe as the defendant had cooperated with the investigation.

Mikhail Mushailov also said it was “impossible” for Ms Karelina to have been included in the recent prisoner exchange, because an exchange can only happen once the court verdict comes into force.

    • divergency@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I want Russia dead as a state as much as you do. Our difference is I want Ukraine and all other states dead as well. To free the people from government slavery. But since you’re probably one of the slaves, you won’t understand that

      • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.eeEnglish
        20·
        3 months ago

        since you’re probably one of the slaves, you won’t understand that

        Lol, you sound like a teenager who just got their first paycheck. “Whats income tax…? This is Slavery!”