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An LA woman has been detained in Russia on suspicion of treason for giving funds to Ukraine, according to Russia’s FSB security services.
The woman, a 33-year-old dual American-Russian citizen, was not identified in a statement issued by the FSB, which said she “was involved in providing financial assistance to a foreign state in activities directed against the security of our country.”
The FSB in the central Urals city of Yekaterinburg accused her of taking part in pro-Ukraine protests outside of Russia and of sending aid to Kyiv.
It said the woman had been “proactively collecting funds… which were subsequently used to purchase tactical medical items, equipment, means of destruction and ammunition for the Ukrainian armed forces.”
It is unclear how long the woman has lived in the US or why she returned to Russia, and when exactly she was arrested.
The FSB published a video of a woman being led by a masked security agent down several flights in a building in Yekaterinburg before she was handcuffed, placed in a car and taken into a courtroom.
The woman, whose face is blurred, is then seen standing in a metal cage in court.
A court proceeding in the case took place Monday, Russian media reported.