US-Russian Dual Citizen Faces Treason Charges in Russia Over $51 Donation to Ukrainian Charity
• Ksenia Karelina, a 32-year-old US-Russian dual citizen, was arrested in Russia on charges of treason for allegedly donating $51 to a Ukrainian charity • Karelina had been visiting family in Russia for the new year when she was initially arrested for "petty hooliganism" before the treason charges • She is described by her former mother-in-law as "sunshine; full of love, positivity, smiles, care" and was building a happy life in the US • The charity says the charges show Putin "holds no sovereign border, foreign nationality or international treaty above his own narrow interest" • Her former mother-in-law warns "if we do not help her as a country, because she's an American citizen, nobody else will"