Russian national Arthur Petrov, who was facing 20 years in a US prison, has been exchanged for US citizen Ksenia Karelina, the Russian Federal Security Service said, APA reports, citing TASS.
"On April 10, Russian citizen Arthur Petrov was returned to his homeland at Abu Dhabi International Airport with the help of UAE mediation. Petrov was exchanged for US citizen Ksenia Karelina, who also has Russian citizenship and was sentenced to 12 years in a standard-security prison on charges of treason for providing financial assistance to a foreign country. In April 2025, Karelina was pardoned by presidential decree," said the agency, also known as the FSB.
The security service expressed gratitude to the UAE leadership for their assistance.
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