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Ryan Nobles reports on a U.S. ballerina who was freed in a Russia prisoner swap returning to the U.S.

The Los Angeles woman who was detained in Russia for more than a year over a donation toward Ukraine aid embraced her loved ones on Thursday upon her return to the U.S. Ksenia Karelina touched down on American soil on Thursday following her arrest in January 2024 for treason. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) detained her during a visit...

A Los Angeles woman who was detained in Russia during a family visit returned to the U.S. following a prisoner swap. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, 2025.

The Los Angeles woman who was imprisoned in Russia after she made a $51 donation to a nonprofit that sends aid to Ukraine has been released and is slated to return to the U.S. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, 2025.

Russia has released a Russian American imprisoned on treason charges that Washington has dismissed as ludicrous.

Former ballerina Ksenia Karelina was released from Russia after more than a year in custody. Here’s how her friends in Los Angeles reacted.

A Los Angeles-area woman known as the Russian ballerina is now on a flight to freedom. This video was broadcast on the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on April 10, 2025. 

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, has died in Moscow.

During a joint news conference on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron interrupted President Donald Trump to clarify, “We provided real money.”

Kalob Wayne Byers, was detained after airport customs officials found cannabis-laced marmalade in his baggage.

Looking to stop the war the in Ukraine, President Donald Trump says he spoke on the phone for over an hour with Russian President, Vladimir Putin, followed by a phone call with Ukranian President Volodymr Zelenskyy. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2025.

President Donald Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to begin “negotiations” on ending the Ukraine war.

The family of American teacher Marc Fogel says it’s “beyond grateful, relieved and overwhelmed” that he’s heading home after his release from Russia.

The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines plane crash in D.C. were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event who went on to coach in New England.

A dolphin rescue center in Russia says 32 dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait near the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula.

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns targeting this year’s election.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev says the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. He stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible.

“The current situation in Syria compels us to ask for your help in find Austin and safely reuniting our family,” wrote Debra Tice, whose son went missing in Syria in 2012.

Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said the 11 Indian nationals and one Georgian were all employees at a restaurant in Gudauri, a popular ski resort near the Russian border.