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