A Russian court has sentenced amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in jail for treason for donating $51 (£39) to a charity supporting Ukraine.

Karelina, who has American and Russian citizenship, pleaded guilty last week after a trial held behind closed doors.

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    4 months ago

    Great. Can we stop trading for idiots that willingly go to Russia already? I’m pretty sure our supply of captured Russian arms dealers and assassins is running pretty low by now.