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Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina has pleaded guilty to treason charges after she was arrested for donating money to a charity supporting Ukraine.

Russian prosecutors are seeking a 15-year sentence after the security services accused Ms Karelina of collecting money that was used to purchase tactical supplies for the Ukrainian army.

She was detained by authorities in Yekaterinburg, about 1,600km (1,000 miles) east of Moscow after a family visit in February.

The sentence comes one week after Russia and the West carried out the largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War, where 24 people jailed in seven different countries were exchanged.

Ms Karelina's lawyer said the prosecutors' request for a 15-year sentence in a penal colony was too severe as the defendant had cooperated with the investigation.

Mikhail Mushailov also said it was "impossible" for Ms Karelina to have been included in the recent prisoner exchange, because an exchange can only happen once the court verdict comes into force.

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[-] deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev 72 points 4 months ago

Although fucked up, I'll match her donation! I invite others to do the same.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 months ago

Yeah, now you know that charity actively helps Ukraine if russia is all whiney about it

[-] refalo@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

no-fly list has entered the chat

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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 51 points 4 months ago

When people ask why we need digital money with high privacy guarantees, this is why.

Taler, credit cards, money transfers... all allow have the structure to allow this to happen.

[-] corroded@lemmy.world 43 points 4 months ago

I'd consider any of the current cryptocurrencies to be overall failures. They're a way for tech-bros to piss away money on "investments" and for Chinese-owned mining firms to make a profit at the expense of the environment.

I agree that an anonymous digital currency is a fantastic idea, but how do you keep it from just turning into another Bitcoin?

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[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 months ago

FUD regarding Taler. This kind of thing is exactly what could not be traced with a Taler based payment.

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[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 14 points 3 months ago

So Russia is looking to stock up on its supply of prisoners to trade with...

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Guess thats how they spell honor over there

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