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Russian American woman on trial for treason over $50 pro-Ukraine donation

Ksenia Karelina in a cage at the Sverdlovsk regional in Yekaterinburg.
Ksenia Karelina in a cage at the Sverdlovsk regional court in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Photograph: Sverdlovsk regional court press/AFP/Getty Images

A Russian American ballerina who lives and works in Los Angeles has gone on trial for treason over an alleged donation of $50 to a pro-Ukrainian charity, in the latest court case to raise tensions between Washington and Moscow.

Ksenia Karelina, 32, was detained by police in the city of Yekaterinburg in late January while on a trip to visit her family in Russia.

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