A woman has been jailed in Russia for 12 years after she gave £40 to a charity supporting Ukraine.
A woman has been jailed in Russia for 12 years after she gave £40 to a charity supporting Ukraine. US-Russia citizen Ksenia Karelina was accused of treason when she was arrested in Yekaterinburg, in southwestern Russia, in February. Investigators brought the treason charge after searching her mobile phone and discovering that she made a $51.80 donation to Razom, a charity that provides aid to Ukraine, on the first day of Russia's invasion.
Karelina had been visiting family in Russia when she was arrested, according to rights group The First Department. Russia's Federal Security Service claimed she had proactively collected the money in the interests of one of the Ukrainian organisations before it jailed her. It claimed the donation was 'used to purchase tactical medical supplies, equipment, weapons, and ammunition for the Ukrainian armed forces'. The charity has denied it provides any military support to Kyiv.
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