The UAE facilitated a high-stakes prisoner swap between the US and Russia, freeing American ballerina Ksenia Karelina—jailed over a $51 donation to Ukraine—in exchange for Russian businessman Arthur Petrov, who was accused of smuggling military microelectronics.
DUBAI: UAE’s foreign ministry confirms a prisoner swap between Russia and the US. Video shows the exchange of Russian businessman Arthur Petrov for American Kseniya Karelina jailed in Russia for treason, who’s on her way back to the US. pic.twitter.com/Mz2w2wqm8q
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