INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A dual U.S.-Russian citizen standing trial for having donated money to a Ukrainian charity pleaded guilty to treason charges, her lawyer
told state media on Wednesday.Ksenia Karelina was arrested in January while visiting her family in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg
by the RIA Novosti news agency following a closed hearing.Mushailov said he expects the Sverdlovsk Regional Court to deliver a verdict at
its next hearing on Thursday
However, local media outlets, citing the court,reported that the verdict would be announced at a later date.Treason cases are heard behind
closed doors in Russia as the authorities say they deal with sensitive information
journalist Evan Gershkovich to prison for espionage last month before his release in a prisoner swap.Karelina, a 33-year-old ballerina and
spa employee in Los Angeles, is accused of donating around $50 to the New York-based charity Razom shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in
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