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Karelina (Havana) Ksenia Pavlovna

Date of birth: December 13, 1991 (34 years old)
citizenship:  Россия США
Article of the Criminal Code:  275
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  12 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  August 15, 2024
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  April 10, 2025
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Karelina (Havana) Ksenia Pavlovna, born December 13, 1991 in Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk region), a citizen of the Russian Federation and the USA, lived in Los Angeles (USA), a cosmetologist.

On August 15, 2024, under Art. 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("High treason in the form of providing financial assistance to a foreign state in activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation"), she was sentenced to 12 years in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 300 thousand roubles (~€3130) and 1 year and 6 months of restricted freedom after release.

Deprived of freedom since January 27, 2024.