An American woman who had been detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban since February has been released and is in “good health,” according to a source with knowledge of the release.

A lawyer for Ksenia Karelina, who was found guilty last year of treason by a Russian court for donating money to a U.S.-based charity providing humanitarian support to Ukraine, told Reuters she was on her way back to the United States.

Ksenia Karelina, a former ballet dancer also identified in some media as Ksenia Khavana, lived in Maryland before moving to Los Angeles.

U.S.-Russia dual national Ksenia Karelina is headed back to America after her conviction for a charitable donation to a Ukrainian aid group. In return, the U.S. released Arthur Petrov, a German-Russian national arrested in Cyprus in 2023.

Russia released a Los Angeles spa worker on Thursday sentenced to 12 years in jail for donating to a charity aiding Ukraine in exchange for a man accused of crafting a global smuggling ring to spirit sensitive U.

She was convicted of treason last year on charges stemming from a donation of about 52 dollars (£40) to a charity aiding Ukraine.

A U.S.-Russian dual national jailed in Russia on treason charges was freed Thursday in a prisoner exchange with Washington, the woman's lawyer and U.S.

Ksenia Karelina, who holds dual citizenship for both Russia and the United States and resides in Los Angeles, was arrested in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg in February 2024.