Ballerina Ksenia Karelina returns to United States after prisoner swap with Russia

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Russian American ballerina Ksenia Karelina arrived back in the United States late Thursday following her release from a Russian jail as part of a prisoner swap with Moscow.

The 33-year-old’s plane touched down around 11 p.m. at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where she was met by her fiancé and presented with a bouquet of flowers from Morgan Ortagus, President Trump’s deputy special envoy to the Middle East.

The dual-citizen spa worker was accused of treason against the Russian government when she donated $51 to a charity that allegedly supported Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 — the day Russia invaded its neighbor.

Ksenia Karelina is surrounded by loved ones after arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on April 10, 2025. REUTERS

“They released the young ballerina and she is now out, and that was good. So we appreciate that,” Trump said at a Cabinet…

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