A woman with U.S. and Russian citizenship was arrested in Russia’s Yekaterinburg on treason charges, allegedly for raising funds for Ukraine’s military, the Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported on Feb. 20, citing the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).
Just in case anyone else from the US is thinking about it: DO NOT GO TO RUSSIA. Not for any reason, not until the political situation there improves.
I can’t believe people still need to be told this.
It sounds like she was already there back when Russia invaded in 2022.
That being said, the Department of State did already have a Level 4 “Do Not Travel” warning on Russia then, and already warned people to leave Russia immediately.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/RussianFederation.html