Moscow frees US-Russian woman jailed over charity donation, US says

Secretary of state Marco Rubio says Ksenia Karelina is returning to US, after reports of prisoner swap

Moscow has released a US-Russian dual national, Ksenia Karelina, who had been detained in Russia, the US secretary of state has said after a Wall Street Journal report that a prisoner swap had been agreed.

Marco Rubio wrote on the social media platform X: American Ksenia Karelina is on a plane back home to the United States. She was wrongfully detained by Russia for over a year and President Trump secured her release." He added that Trump will continue to work for the release of ALL Americans".