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Russia frees U.S. dual national Ksenia Karelina in apparent prisoner swap

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The Wall Street Journal first reported Ksenia Karelina's release, saying she was freed in a prisoner swap orchestrated by the two countries' intelligence agencies.

The swap, according to the Journal , was carried out in Abu Dhabi , in the United Arab Emirates , and negotiated by CIA Director John Ratcliffe and an unnamed senior Russian intelligence official.

She was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian penal colony after pleading guilty to treason.

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