Zenia Carlina was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Russia in Russia. She was born in Los Angeles, and she was arrested in February 2024 during a family visit to Jikatrinberg.
The Russian security forces searched their mobile phone and found that they donated about $ 50 to the New York Relief Organization, which provides humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The Russian local intelligence agency FSB accuses the organization of money raising for the Ukrainian army. On the other hand, “Razom for OURAINE” explained that their donations will only benefit humanitarian projects.
The US Secretary of State, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, wrote, after releasing online service, that Carlina “was incorrectly arrested by Russia for more than a year”, and US President Donald Trump obtained its release.
The CIA negotiated
Artur Petrow was appointed in Cyprus in 2023 according to the American detention note. At that time, the US Department of Justice said that Petrov was involved in a business that was said to be an American accurate electronics purchased for arms suppliers from the Russian army. It was an advanced smuggling ring.
According to information from Wall Street Journal, Petro exchange was personally negotiated by CIA director John Ratcliffe with a high -ranking Russian intelligence representative in Abu Dhabi.
The second prisoner exchanged in nine months
Kremlin Vladimir Putin’s president uses Western prisoners as a shell in exchange negotiations. On August 1, he had released Russian criminals imprisoned in the United States through an exchange against Americans. Among the American citizens released by Russia, Wall Street journalist, Ivan Geckovich, is convicted of spying. During the exchange of prisoners, in which seven states participated, including Germany, the vibrant zoo killer was released, convicted in Berlin.
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