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President Donald Trump On Monday, it will host American Russian ballerina in the White House, about a month after Trump’s administration has provided release from Russian prison, Fox News Digital has learned.
Ksenia Karelina, a former ballerina, was sentenced to 12 years in the Russian criminal colony 2024 for betrayal. The 33-year-old was released and returned to the United States on April 10 through a US-Russian prison replacement, Fox Digital reported earlier.
“Mr. Trump, so I’m so grateful that you brought me home and for [the] The US government. And I never felt blessed to be an American, and so I am so happy to be home, “said Karelina in the video published by Deputy Assistant Trump Sebastian Gorka on April 11, after returning to the US
White house official confirmed on Monday Fox Digital that Karelina would visit the White House on Monday afternoon.
Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina released in exchange for prisoner with Moscow
Ksenia Karelina walks with her boyfriend Chris Van Heerden, while she arrives at Andrews in Maryland on April 10th. (AP/Alex Brandon)
Karelina, who is an American citizen, Born in Russia And she lived and worked in Los Angeles at the time of her arrest. She visited her family in Yekaterinburg, Russia in 2024, when the Russian federal safety service-music safety agency in the country saw her phone and discovered that she had donated about $ 50 a charity organization in the United States working to help Ukraine, Fox Digital reported earlier.
Ksenia Karelina thanked President Donald Trump in the video he published in his social account of the truth on April 11. (AP/Alex Brandon)
Initially, she was detained for “petty hooliganism”, but the accusation was later upgraded for treason because Russian officials claimed that she raised money for the Ukrainian army and participated in actions that supported Ukraine while in the United States
Karelina was returned to the United States in exchange for the US who issued Arthur Petrov, a double German Russian citizen who was charged with exporting sensitive American electronics to the Russian army. He was arrested in 2023 and charged with crimes such as conspiracy and violation of export control, Reuters reported earlier.
American ballerina remained from Russia’s prisoner’s replacement guilt for betrayal
The Kareline family celebrated the release last month, and former stepmother Eleonra Srebrski said Fox News at the time that she was “euphoric” for replacing prisoners as she praised Trump for release.
“My spirit is tall. We are extremely happy. This is beyond any emotion … This is medicinal,” said Silver. “We have invested a lot of hopes in Trump’s administration and we knew she would be next after Marc Fogel. We support Trump even more.”
Karelin’s boyfriend, Chris van Heerden, said New York Post After release in April, the couple was eager to meet Trump and thank him.
President Donald Trump is expected to meet with Ksenia Karelin in the White House on Monday. (Getty Images)
“We really have to thank him personally. When it’s time, she would love to meet him and I would love to squeeze him a hand for returning the love of her life. And I’m not in politics,” Van Heerden said at the time.
“I begged a biden administration all year to return Kseni. For about seven months, I realized it wouldn’t happen. He won’t do it for me. I had faith and I really believed when President Trump got into power, he could have done it and he did it,” he added.
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Karela’s edition follows Trump administration In February, he achieved another contract to replace prisoners with Russia who saw the release of an American citizen and teacher Marc Fogel, who had been in Russian custody of 2021. When he was arrested for possession of marijuana at the airport.
