US-Russian dual national jailed over Ukraine donation released in prisoner swap

Ksenia Karelina has been released in a prisoner swap between the US and Russia (AP)

Moscow has freed a Russian-American woman convicted of treason in exchange for a Russian-German man jailed on smuggling charges in the US, a prisoner swap that was completed on Thursday as the two countries met to repair ties.

Ksenia Karelina is “on a plane back home to the United States,” US secretary of state Marco Rubio said in a post on social media platform X.