Ksenia Karelina, a U.S.-Russian dual national who was detained last year on treason charges, was released from Russia in the latest prisoner exchange, according to the State Department.

“American Ksenia Karelina is on a plane back home to the United States. She was wrongfully detained by Russia for over a year and President Trump secured her release," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement Thursday on social platform X.

"@POTUS will continue to work for the release of ALL Americans,” he added.

Karelina, a former ballet dancer, was arrested in February 2024 in........

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