Russia’s FSB security services stated on Tuesday it had actually apprehended a US-Russian lady believed of treason for raising funds for the Ukrainian army. Provided on: 20/02/2024 – 09:34 1 minutes The FSB in the main Urals city of Yekaterinburg stated it had “reduced the prohibited activities” of a 33-year-old lady, a homeowner of Los Angeles with double citizenship, and taken her into custody. It stated the unnamed female had actually been “proactively gathering funds … which were consequently utilized to buy tactical medical products, devices, indicates of damage and ammo for the Ukrainian militaries”. Russian state news company RIA Novosti published a video from the FSB revealing hooded officers handcuffing and accompanying a lady in a white coat with a white hat took down over her eyes. The FSB stated she had actually been acting “versus the security of our nation” and had actually been supporting the Ukrainian army while in the United States. Treason is punishable by approximately life in jail under legislation strengthened given that the start of the military offensive. A number of United States nationals are presently locked up in Russia, consisting of Wall Street Journal press reporter Evan Gershkovich. He was detained in 2015 on espionage charges that he, his company and the United States federal government have actually turned down. Another joint US-Russian resident, reporter Alsu Kurmasheva, is likewise being kept in pre-trial detention. He deals with charges of stopping working to sign up as a “foreign representative” and contravening Russia’s rigorous military censorship laws. Previous United States marine Paul Whelan has actually remained in jail in Russia given that 2018, serving a 16-year sentence on espionage charges. Russian President Vladimir Putin has actually stated he wishes to work out a detainee exchange to switch Russians put behind bars abroad for United States residents apprehended in Russia. (AFP)
Russia arrests lady with double US-Russian citizenship for ‘treason’
