The EU has reacted to the conviction of an American ballerina who donated less than 50 euros to a Ukrainian NGO, UNN reports.
"The sentence to 12 years in prison for Russian/US citizen Ksenia Karelin for donating less than 50 euros to a Ukrainian NGO is shocking!
The EU calls on Russia to release all prisoners of conscience and stop repressions against anti-war protesters," spokeswoman for EU foreign affairs and security policy Nabila Massrali. said.
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A court in the Russian Federation onsentenced Ksenia Karelin, a US ballerina who is a native of the Sverdlovsk region of Russia, to 12 years in prison on charges of treason for transferring about $50 from her US account to the Ukrainian foundation Razom for Ukraine. In February 2024, she was detained in Yekaterinburg.