Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina has pleaded guilty to treason charges after she was arrested for donating money to a charity supporting Ukraine.

Russian prosecutors are seeking a 15-year sentence after the security services accused Ms Karelina of collecting money that was used to purchase tactical supplies for the Ukrainian army.

She was detained by authorities in Yekaterinburg, about 1,600km (1,000 miles) east of Moscow after a family visit in February.

The sentence comes one week after Russia and the West carried out the largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War, where 24 people jailed in seven different countries were exchanged.

Ms Karelina’s lawyer said the prosecutors’ request for a 15-year sentence in a penal colony was too severe as the defendant had cooperated with the investigation.

Mikhail Mushailov also said it was “impossible” for Ms Karelina to have been included in the recent prisoner exchange, because an exchange can only happen once the court verdict comes into force.

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    3 months ago

    I cleared a report against this comment.

    I still think it’s a bad take, especially concerning NATO randomly not wanting to end war. However, I don’t think the comment violated any guidelines

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        It’s a hypothetical, imo. NATO could enter the war in full force and it could spin out into WWIII. Alternatively it could (and I don’t find that likely at all) mean that Putin throws in the towel quickly.

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        rules are subjective because they require interpretation. your definition might not be the same as the mods but only theirs carries weight wrt enforcement.