Russia’s main security agency said on Tuesday that it had arrested a dual citizen of Russia and the United States on accusations of committing state treason by raising funds for Ukraine.
The Federal Security Service, known as the F.S.B., identified the detainee as a 33-year-old woman who lives in Los Angeles. It said in a statement that she had raised money for a Ukrainian organization that bought weapons and other equipment for Ukraine’s military.
Perviy Otdel, a group of Russian lawyers who specialize in cases involving accusations of treason and other politically charged allegations, said that the woman had been accused of treason for sending just over $50 to Razom for Ukraine, a New York-based nonprofit organization that sends assistance to the country.
The F.S.B. said that the woman had been arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg in central Russia. RIA Novosti, a Russian state news agency, published a video that it said showed the woman, wearing a white hat that covered her eyes, being handcuffed and escorted by masked security service officers.
And to be absolutely clear, if you as an American decide to give $50 to the Houthis you too can be federally prosecuted for aiding terrorism. Not slap on the wrist charges but federal pound you in the a prison prison.
If you are funding the enemy of a country, then go to that country, you’re gonna have a bad day.
“Terrorist” is a charged propaganda word that your government labels things it doesn’t like acting against them while doing the same thing in the country’s supposed best interest and labeling it protection and self defense.
If you pick a side, stay on your side.