A lawyer for Ksenia Karelina, who was found guilty last year of treason by a Russian court for donating money to a U.S.-based charity providing humanitarian support to Ukraine, told Reuters she was on her way back to the United States.

A lawyer for a Russian-American citizen serving a 12-year prison sentence in Russia told Reuters on Thursday that she had been released in a prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington. Ksenia Karelina was found guilty last year of treason by a Russian court for donating money to a U.

Russian-American woman Ksenia Karelina, who was serving a 12-year prison sentence for treason in Russia, has been released and is on her way to the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X on Thursday.

Moscow released Ksenia Karelina while Washington freed Arthur Petrov in confidence-building measure.

The United States and Russia swapped prisoners on Thursday, bringing a dual citizen jailed in Russia back home in return for a Russian-German national accused of exporting sensitive U.S. electronics for use in Russia's military.

Russia has freed a Russian American convicted of treason in exchange for a Russian German man jailed on smuggling charges in the U.S. Thursday’s prisoner swap comes as the two countries work to repair

Russia released a Los Angeles spa worker on Thursday sentenced to 12 years in jail for donating to a charity aiding Ukraine in exchange for a man accused of crafting a global smuggling ring to spirit sensitive U.

Ksenia Karelina, who was jailed in Russia over a one-time donation to a Ukrainian charity group, was released in exchange for Artur Petrov, a dual Russian-German citizen.