Trump to fulfill with American ballerina free of Russian jail

[ad_1] President Donald Trump will host an American Russian ballerina on the White Home on Monday, roughly a month after the Trump administration secured her launch from a Russian jail, Fox Information Digital has realized.

Ksenia Karelina, a former ballerina, was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian penal colony in 2024 for treason. The 33-year-old was launched and returned to the U.S. on April 10 by means of a U.S.-Russian jail swap, Fox Digital beforehand reported.

"Mr. Trump, I am so, so grateful so that you can carry me dwelling and for [the] American authorities. And I by no means felt extra blessed to be American, and I am so, so comfortable to get dwelling," Karelina mentioned in a video posted by Trump deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka on April 11 upon her return to the U.S.

A White Home official confirmed to Fox Digital on Monday that Karelina will go to the White Home on Monday afternoon.

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Ksenia Karelina walks along with her boyfriend, Chris van Heerden, as she arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on April 10. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Karelina, who's a U.S. citizen, was born in Russia and had been residing and dealing in Los Angeles on the time of her arrest. She was visiting her household in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2024 when Russia's Federal Safety Service – the nation's prime safety company – inspected her cellphone and located she donated about $50 to a U.S.-based charity that works to assist Ukraine, Fox Digital beforehand reported.

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Ksenia Karelina thanked President Donald Trump in a video he posted to his Reality Social account on April 11. (AP/Alex Brandon)

She was initially detained for "petty hooliganism," however the cost was later upgraded to treason as Russian officers claimed she raised cash for the Ukrainian military and took half in actions that supported Ukraine whereas within the U.S.

Karelina was returned to the U.S. in trade for the U.S. releasing Arthur Petrov, a twin German Russian citizen who was accused of exporting delicate U.S. electronics to the Russian army. He was arrested in 2023 and charged with crimes equivalent to conspiracy and violating export controls, Reuters previously reported .

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Karelina's household celebrated her launch final month, along with her former stepmother Eleonra Srebroski telling Fox Information on the time that she was "euphoric" over the prisoner swap whereas praising Trump for the discharge.

"My spirit is excessive. We're extraordinarily comfortable. That is past any emotion…That is therapeutic," Srebroski mentioned. "We had been placing numerous hope within the Trump administration, and we knew she can be subsequent after Marc Fogel. We assist Trump much more."

Karelina's boyfriend, Chris Van Heerden, told the New York Post upon her launch in April that the couple was keen to fulfill Trump and thank him.

President Donald Trump is predicted to fulfill with Ksenia Karelina on the White Home on Monday. (Getty Pictures)

"We actually have to thank him personally. When the time’s proper, she’d love to fulfill him and I'd like to shake his hand for bringing again the love of my life. And I’m not into politics," Van Heerden informed the outlet on the time.

"I used to be begging the Biden administration for an entire yr to carry Ksenia again. About seven months I noticed that’s not going to occur. They’re not going to do it for me. I had religion and I really believed when President Trump got here into energy, he might do it and he did it," he added.

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Karelina's launch follows the Trump administration putting one other prisoner swap cope with Russia in February that noticed the discharge of U.S. citizen and instructor Marc Fogel, who had been in Russian custody since 2021 when he was arrested for possession of marijuana at an airport.