{"id":18707,"date":"2025-04-11T06:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russia-freed-ksenia-karelina-a-detained-american-rubio-says\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T06:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:31:26","slug":"russia-freed-ksenia-karelina-a-detained-american-rubio-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russia-freed-ksenia-karelina-a-detained-american-rubio-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Freed Ksenia Karelina, a Detained American, Rubio Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An American citizen has been released from Russian custody in a prisoner swap, officials from the United States and Russia said on Thursday, amid a broader effort by the two countries to mend relations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The American, Ksenia Karelina, was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/15\/world\/europe\/american-russia-treason.html\" title=\"\">serving a 12-year sentence<\/a> in Russia after being convicted of treason for <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/20\/world\/europe\/russia-arrest-us-citizen-treason.html\" title=\"\">donating about $50 to a nonprofit group<\/a> that sends assistance to Ukraine. She also holds Russian citizenship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Ms. Karelina, 33, was \u201con a plane back home to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cShe was wrongfully detained by Russia for over a year and President Trump secured her release,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russia\u2019s intelligence agency said that Ms. Karelina had been released after a presidential pardon in exchange for Artur Petrov, a citizen of Russia and Germany whom the Justice Department had charged with export control violations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The prisoner exchange highlighted how Moscow and Washington have been willing to engage in meaningful diplomacy even as talks led by the Trump administration about a potential cease-fire in Ukraine appear stalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It came as U.S. and Russian diplomats met in Turkey to discuss practical measures to improve relations \u2014 like the resumption of direct flights and staffing levels at embassies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The C.I.A. said it had played a key role in the swap. It said in a statement that the exchange was negotiated with other partners, including the United Arab Emirates, and showed \u201cthe importance of keeping lines of communication open with Russia\u201d despite challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cToday, President Trump brought home another wrongfully detained American from Russia,\u201d the agency\u2019s director, John Ratcliffe, said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m proud of the C.I.A. officers who worked tirelessly to support this effort\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was not clear whether Thursday\u2019s exchange would herald further diplomatic breakthroughs between the United States and Russia. Despite a flurry of high-profile meetings over the past weeks, several significant issues under discussion remain unresolved, such as the return of diplomatic property and the future of sanctions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Karelina\u2019s detention was one in a string of cases that raised fears that the Kremlin seeks to use American citizens as bargaining chips to be exchanged for Russians held in the West. An American basketball star, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/08\/us\/politics\/brittney-griner-russia.html\" title=\"\">Brittney Griner,<\/a> and a journalist, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/01\/world\/europe\/russia-gershkovich-prisoner-swap.html\" title=\"\">Evan Gershkovich,<\/a> were both freed in high-profile prisoner swaps during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In February, Russia <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/11\/us\/politics\/marc-fogel-teacher-released-russia.html\" title=\"\">agreed to release Marc Fogel<\/a>, an American teacher who was imprisoned in Russia on drug charges. The release of Mr. Fogel \u2014 whom the Biden administration had <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/28\/us\/politics\/marc-fogel-wrongfully-detained.html\" title=\"\">classified as wrongfully detained<\/a> \u2014 was part of a deal with the Kremlin negotiated by Mr. Trump\u2019s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In exchange, officials said, the United States agreed to release <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/12\/world\/europe\/russia-us-prisoner-exchange-marc-fogel.html\" title=\"\">Alexander Vinnik<\/a>, a Russian who had been convicted of conspiracy to commit money laundering. That was seen as an effort to establish good will as the Trump administration sought ways to bring about an agreement to end the war in Ukraine that Russia began more than three years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Later that month, Russia released a U.S. citizen who had been arrested 10 days earlier at Moscow\u2019s airport on drug smuggling charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, other Americans remain in Russian custody, including <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/09\/world\/europe\/american-teacher-ukraine-russia-prison.html\" title=\"\">Stephen Hubbard<\/a>, a schoolteacher captured by Russia in Ukraine whose release Washington is pushing for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Thursday\u2019s prisoner swap \u2014 which was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/russia\/u-s-and-russia-swap-prisoners-in-deal-arranged-by-intelligence-agencies-e6448f06?mod=djemalertNEWS\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">first reported by The Wall Street Journal<\/a> \u2014 took place at the airport in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Emirates, with Emirati mediation, according to Russia\u2019s intelligence agency. The Emirati foreign ministry posted a smiling photo of Ms. Karelina on the tarmac.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Her fianc\u00e9, Chris van Heerden, said he was \u201coverjoyed\u201d by the news. In a statement shared by Global Reach, an organization that has been lobbying on Ms. Karelina\u2019s behalf, he expressed gratitude to Mr. Trump and U.S. officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Karelina, who lives in Los Angeles, was arrested last year while visiting her grandparents in Yekaterinburg, a city about 850 miles east of Moscow. The charges against her revolved around a one-time donation to Razom for Ukraine, a New York-based nonprofit that sends nonmilitary assistance to the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Petrov, 33, was detained in Cyprus in 2023 and then extradited to the United States. The Justice Department accused him of conspiracy to smuggle U.S. microelectronics to military factories in Russia that produce weapons for its war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a video released by Russia\u2019s intelligence agency on Thursday, Mr. Petrov was seen getting a medical check onboard a plane and said he was \u201cfeeling OK but really tired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Julian E. 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