The assertion recognized her as a “resident of Los Angeles.” It was unclear how lengthy she had lived in California or when and why she returned to Russia.
The FSB revealed video of a girl wearing a beige outfit with a white hat pulled over her face being led by a masked safety agent down a number of flights in a constructing in Yekaterinburg, a metropolis simply east of the Ural mountains.
She was then proven being handcuffed, positioned in a automobile and brought right into a courtroom. Video together with her face blurred confirmed the lady standing in a metallic cage within the court docket. It was unclear exactly when the arrest occurred, however Russian media reported {that a} court docket continuing within the case passed off Monday.
The FSB assertion stated the lady repeatedly took half in public protest actions exterior Russia “in assist of the Kyiv regime.” Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, she had additionally raised funds for a Ukrainian group, the FSB claimed.
These had been “used to buy tactical drugs, gear, weapons and ammunition by the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” in accordance with the FSB assertion.
The assertion stated the lady had appeared in court docket, which remanded her to a detention middle pending investigation of the case.
The girl’s arrest follows that of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, a correspondent for the Wall Road Journal accredited by the Russian International Ministry, in Yekaterinburg in March on espionage costs that he, his employer and the State Division vehemently deny.
A Prague-based editor with Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, Alsu Kurmasheva, a twin American-Russian citizen, was arrested in October after touring to her household’s house in Russia’s Tatarstan area for a household emergency. Kurmasheva was charged with failing to register as a international agent.
Russian treason instances are opaque, with trials closed and proof categorized.
Natalia Abbakumova contributed to this report.