Ballerina sentenced to 12 years in prison for ‘treason’ for donating $50 to pro-Ukrainian NGO Razum Xenia Carlina.
“The court found Xenia Karelina guilty of treason and sentenced her to 12 years in a common prison,” was the court’s verdict. court In the city of Yekaterinburg.
Karelin herself, who holds dual citizenship (Russian and American), pleaded guilty to the money she provided in February 2022.
The prosecutors had asked her to Belief Karlin was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being accused of raising money to buy ammunition for the Ukrainian military.
The ballerina, who worked at a spa in Los Angeles, was arrested in February in Yekaterinburg while visiting relatives.
This was followed by Carlin’s conviction. Putin’s decree In April, the Russian president increased the maximum penalty for high treason to life imprisonment from the 20 years in effect until then.
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