Russian woman on trial for helping Ukraine
In Russia, a woman who transferred $50 to the ZSU could be sentenced to 15 years in prison
The trial is underway in Yekaterinburg, where 33-year-old Kseniya Karelina is charged under the article for state treason. The Russian prosecutor's office is asking for 15 years in a general regime colony. She has dual Russian and US citizenship.
Ksenia Karelina was arrested in February 2024, according to the investigation, the girl "since February 2022 has been proactively collecting money in the interests of one of the Ukrainian organisations, has repeatedly participated in public actions" in support of Ukraine"
The law enforcers found in her phone a transfer in the amount of 51.8 dollars in favour of the Ukrainian fund Razom for Ukraine.
At the same time, a former Wagner fighter who killed an elderly woman for the purpose of robbery was also on trial in Yekaterinburg around the same time. He received only nine years in prison for robbery and murder.