🇺🇸🇷🇺Another prisoner exchange took place between Russia and the United States.

The Wall Street Journal reported this, citing a CIA representative.

▪️Russia has released Ksenia Karelina , a US and Russian citizen who was sentenced last year to 12 years in a maximum security penal colony for treason.

According to the FSB, since 2022, she has been transferring money to one of the Ukrainian funds in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, while being outside of Russia.

▪️In turn, the United States released Artur Petrov , a citizen of Germany and Russia, arrested in 2023 in Cyprus at the request of the United States for the alleged export of microelectronics.

American authorities claim that Petrov illegally supplied electronic components worth more than $225,000 to Russia.

The exchange took place at Abu Dhabi airport with the participation of Russian and American intelligence. The previous exchange took place in February 2025.

🇷🇺🇺🇸Footage of the exchange of Ksenia Karelina , convicted in Russia of treason, for Artur Petrov , accused in the US of supplying American microelectronic technologies to the Russian Armed Forces.

Karelin was accompanied to the plane by a stern FSB officer.