Here we go again. Russia’s main security agency, the Federal Security Service, known as the F.S.B., said Tuesday that it had arrested a dual citizen of the United States and Russia. She is charged with committing state treason because she raised money for Ukraine.
Allegedly the 33-year-old woman identified as Ksenia Karelina, a resident of Los Angeles, raised money for a Ukrainian organization that bought weapons and equipment for Ukraine’s military. She is alleged to have donated $50 to Ukraine for the war effort.
She became a US citizen in 2021. She was previously a student at the University of Maryland. Karelina moved to the United States after graduating from college in Russia in 2013. She is a ballerina.
A group of Russian lawyers who specialize in cases involving treason charges, Pervly Otdel, said she is accused of sending about $50 to Razom for Ukraine, a New York-based…
