Ksenia Karelina Thanks Trump After Release in Prisoner Swap with Russia
April 11, 2025Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina expressed her gratitude to President Donald Trump following her release from wrongful detention in Russia.
Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina, was released by Moscow on Thursday, April 10, 2025, after being detained for over a year. Her release came as part of a prisoner swap that saw German-Russian citizen Arthur Petrov, arrested in Cyprus on charges of exporting sensitive microelectronics, freed by the U.S. Upon her arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Karelina shared a heartfelt message of thanks to President Trump, which he later shared on his Truth Social account.