Trump to meet with American ballerina freed from Russian prison

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President Donald Trump will host a Russian-American ballerina at the White House on Monday, roughly a month after the Trump administration secured her release from a Russian prison, Fox News Digital has learned.

Ksenia Karelina, a former ballerina, was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian penal colony in 2024 for treason. The 33-year-old was released and returned to the U.S. on April 10 through a U.S.-Russian prison swap, Fox Digital previously reported.

"Mr. Trump, I'm so, so grateful for you to bring me home and for [the] American government. And I never felt more blessed to be American, and I'm so, so happy to get home," Karelina said in a video posted by Trump deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka on April 11 upon her return to the U.S.

A White House official confirmed to Fox Digital on Monday that Karelina will visit the White House on Monday afternoon.

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