A double citizen in the United States was released in Russia in Russia on charges of treason on Thursday, compared to a Russian man who was imprisoned for smuggling in the United States, a prisoner swap that comes as Moscow and Washington made efforts to reform relations.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on a platform on social media X. She is on a plane in her home to the United States.
The Russian Federal Security Service, the country’s main security and control agency, said that the German Russian dual citizen Arthur Petrov was released as part of Mubadala. Petrov was arrested in Cyprus in August 2023 at the request of the United States for smuggling sensitive electronic devices to Russia and handing them over to the United States after a year.
Carlina has been among the increasing number of Americans who were arrested in Russia in recent years, as tensions between Moscow and Washington have increased the war in Ukraine. Her release is the latest in a series of prominent stock exchanges in Russia and the United States that have been implemented in the past three years since President Donald Trump took office less than three months ago and reflected Washington’s policy to isolate Russia in an attempt to end the war in Ukraine.
Ksenia Carlina, also known as Khafana, talks to her lawyer standing in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yatrinburg, Russia, Thursday, August 15, 2024. (AP) 
Kesenia Karelina, also known as khavana located in a glass cage in the courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, 15 August, 2024. (Photo) 
Kesenia Karelina was seen held in a Russian facility. (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB)) Kareia Karelina and her friend Chris van Herden sees a personal photo. (Chris van Herden) Kesenia Karelina was seen in a photo of her personal file on Facebook. Kareia Karelina and her friend Chris van Herden sees a personal photo. (Chris van Herden) Kesenia Karelina was seen in a photo of her personal file on Facebook. Kesenia Karelina originally obtained a visa to come to the United States as a ballet dancer. (Kesenia Karelina)
On Thursday, Russian and American diplomats are sitting in another round of talks in Istanbul on improving diplomatic relations.
In February, Russia, American teacher Mark Vogel, released a prison for drugs, while the White House described it as a diplomatic melting that could strengthen peace negotiations. In the same month, another American issued a few days after his arrest for drug smuggling.
According to what was reported, Carlina, a former ballet dancer, got American citizenship after marrying an American and moved to Los Angeles. She was arrested when she returned to Russia to visit her family last year.
It was accused by the Federal Security Service, or FSB, of raising funds “proactive” by Ukrainian organization that provided equipment for Kiev forces. The first administration, a Russian rights group, said that the charges arose from a $ 51.80 donation of an American charity assisting Ukraine.
“I feel overwhelmed to hear that the love of my life is on her way to the house from her illegal detention in Russia,” Kareena’s fiancée, Chris van Herden, said in a statement. “I have endured a nightmare for 15 months and I cannot wait to carry it. Our dog, our shoes are eagerly awaiting her return.”
He thanked the Trump and Trump administration’s envoys, as well as prominent public figures who defended their case.
Carlina’s lawyer Mikhail Moshelov said that she was traveling to the United States after a prisoner’s exchange in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
FSB said in a statement that Russian President Vladimir Putin had pardoned Carlina before the swap. He said that Petrov, who was facing a 20 -year prison sentence in the United States, was exchanged with Carlina at Abu Dhabi International Airport with the mediation of the United Arab Emirates.
The agency released a video that showed that Carlina was taking him to a plane somewhere in Russia and appeared what appeared to be a scene of exchange at Abu Dhabi airport. The video showed itself Petrov, undergoing medical examinations on a trip to Russia and saying that he was feeling normal.
The US Department of Justice has accused to participate in the plan to purchase accurate electronics subject to US export controls on behalf of a resource consisting of decisive electronic components for weapons industries in the country.
The exchange was reported for the first time by the Wall Street Journal, citing a statement issued by the Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, who said he was within reach to exchange at an airport in Abu Dhabi.
An email was sent for a comment to the CIA in the early hours of Thursday.
Abu Dhabi was the scene of another high -level prisoner between Russia and the United States. In December 2022, American basketball star Britney Grener was circulated for the famous Russian arms dealer VIKTOR.
The United Arab Emirates was a mediator in the bodies of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine, while Dubai, inlaid with cloud hoppers, became home to many Russians and Ukrainians who fled there after the start of Moscow’s full invasion of 2022 for Ukraine.