Russia detains dual US-Russian citizen on suspicion of treason: TASS citing FSB as source

Russia’s Federal Security Service has detained a woman with dual Russian-US citizenship in the Urals mountain city of Yekaterinburg on suspicion of treason for providing “financial assistance” to Ukraine’s armed forces, the TASS news agency reported.

The 33-year-old resident of Los Angeles had been collecting funds for a Ukrainian organization whose ultimate beneficiary was the Ukrainian army, the FSB said, according to TASS.

“The Federal Security Service in Yekaterinburg suppressed the illegal activities of a 33-year-old resident of Los Angeles, who has dual citizenship of Russia and the United States,” TASS quoted the FSB as saying.


Russia's Federal Security Service detained a woman with dual Russian-US citizenship on suspicion of treason for raising funds for Ukraine's armed forces, the TASS news agency reported.
Russia’s Federal Security Service detained a woman with dual Russian-US citizenship on suspicion of treason for raising funds for Ukraine’s armed forces, the TASS news agency reported.

TASS did not name the woman.

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