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Moscow’s arrest of a Los Angeles woman on charges of high treason has cast a new spotlight on the steep challenges imposed by Russia’s refusal to recognize almost all dual citizenships — sharply limiting diplomats’ ability to oversee the cases and intervene if warranted. Ksenia Karelina, a 33-year-old former ballerina who holds both U.S. and […]
CNN Chris Van Heerden appears on CNN on Wednesday, February 21. CNN — When dual US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina boarded a flight from Istanbul to Russia in January, the last thing on her mind was that she would find herself behind bars weeks later on treason charges, her boyfriend told CNN’s Brianna Keilar Wednesday. Karelina […]
American intelligence agencies have told their closest European allies that if Russia is going to launch a nuclear weapon into orbit, it will probably do so this year — but that it might instead launch a harmless “dummy” warhead into orbit to leave the West guessing about its capabilities. The assessment came as American intelligence […]
Nick Starichenko/Shutterstock Ksenia Karelina, 33, was arrested while visiting her parents in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. CNN — A US-Russian dual citizen was arrested in Russia on charges of treason for allegedly donating just $51 . . .
Russian authorities have detained a woman who is a Los Angeles resident and dual national on suspicion of treason for raising funds to support Ukraine in its defense against the Kremlin’s invasion. A senior U.S. official confirmed to NBC . . .
When Russia conducted a series of secret military satellite launches around the time of its invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, American intelligence officials began delving into the mystery of what, exactly, the Russians were doing. Later, spy agencies discovered Russia was working on a new kind of space-based weapon that could threaten the thousands […]
When Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh were captured by Russians in Ukraine over the summer and later held in a “black site” for a month, where the two Alabama men said they endured daily torture and lived on spoiled bread and dirty water, they expected death at any moment. “I am going to die from […]
Russia has suffered more than 300,000 casualties in the war in Ukraine, according to the latest U.S. estimate, and has also lost 20 medium-to-large ships in the Black Sea. Laura Cooper, the Pentagon’s deputy secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, said 315,000 Russian soldiers have died or been wounded in the fighting so […]
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington 15 February 2024 Updated 6 hours ago Image caption, Experts told the BBC that any weapon could cause chaos for the satellite reliant US (file image) Russia is developing a “troubling” new anti-satellite weapon, the US has said, but it emphasised that Moscow has yet to deploy it. […]
By Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News 42 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, “I will die here”: Evacuation “angels” help front-line town’s last residents flee The US has warned that Russia could seize Ukraine’s key eastern town of Avdiivka – the scene of some of the […]