Russia’s FSB safety and securities solutions have actually apprehended a Los Angeles citizen with U.S. and Russian dual race on costs of treason, state media TASS claimed Tuesday.  

The 33-year-old female was determined as Ksenia Karelina by the independent Russian information electrical outlet MediaZona. Perviy Otdel, a team of Russian attorneys that concentrate on situations entailing supposed treason, determined her as Ksenia (Karelina) Khavana.

Perviy Otdel claimed the female has actually been implicated of sending out simply over $50 to Razom for Ukraine, a not-for-profit in New York that sends out support to Ukraine, the New York Times reported.

She was apprehended in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg over claims that she “used to purchase tactical medical items, equipment, means of destruction and ammunition for the Ukrainian armed forces,” the FSB claimed in a declaration, according to CBS.

Video video footage shared by Russian state information company RIA Novosti revealed the female using a white layer and hat as she was being cuffed. 

Treason can lug a life sentence in Russia, after President Vladimir Putin authorized a mandate in April that boosted the optimal sentence from approximately twenty years. 

In 2023, Russia opened up 70 treason situations for treason, according to a record by Perviy Otdel. Defendants were condemned in 37 of these situations. 

Several U.S. nationals are presently being kept in Russian prisons. Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal press reporter that was apprehended on costs of reconnaissance in March, saw his newest charm rejected on Tuesday by a Russian court. The U.S. federal government has actually considered Gershkovich as wrongfully apprehended.

Another reporter, Alsu Kurmasheva, a dual U.S.-Russian nationwide, is presently being kept in pre-trial apprehension for supposedly going against a legislation on “foreign agents.” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Kurmasheva’s company, has actually claimed her apprehension is politically inspired.

Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan has actually additionally remained in jail in Russia considering that 2018, offering a 16-year sentence on reconnaissance costs. The U.S. federal government takes into consideration Whelan wrongfully apprehended.

The female’s apprehension might enhance stress on President Joe Biden to go after a detainee swap in between the U.S. and Russia. In a debatable meeting previously this month with Tucker Carlson, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed he was open to such offers.

In 2022, the U.S. and Russia performed a detainee swap to help with the launch of high account WNBA celebrity Brittney Griner for founded guilty arms suppliers Viktor Bout. Bout had actually been offering a 25 years jail sentence considering that 2012.