Hi there, Jessica. Yeah, we are learning that her name
is Xenia Carolina,
and what we have learned from from US sources,
but also from Russian sources as well,
is that apparently she entered Russia on February the 2nd
and the US learned of her detention on February 8th.
Now apparently all of this happened in the town of
Yekaterinburg,
which is about, say, about a 2 1/2 hour flight
east of Moscow,
and that's also where she's supposed to go on trial
actually in the next coming days.
The trial was supposed to happen today,
but it's apparently now been pushed back to February 29th
while she remains in custody.
And as you've already mentioned,
so far there's no chance to get her any counselor
services because the Russians don't recognize dual citizenship now.
I've read some of the sources from the Russians that
came out about all of this,
and they say that she donated to a Ukrainian organization
that provided,
as the Russians called a tactical medicine,
whatever that is. And then also that this group was
also purchasing weapons for the Ukrainians,
and that specifically she had also made pro Ukrainian comments
in the past couple of years,
since or the past year and a half since this
war has been going on the spa that she worked
at in Beverly Hills.
They also put out a statement as well and they
said that she donated,
as they put it $51.80 to a Ukrainian charity and
that she was visiting her grandmother in Yekaterinburg who is
90 years old.
So the Russians are seeing this as treason and are
obviously going to try and bring these charges which could
bring a massive jail sentence with them again.
Right now, unclear what sort of aid the US Embassy
in Moscow is going to be able to provide.
To this U.S. citizen, but certainly a very dire situation,
especially of course right now as things are even more
charged up as than usual.
Russia guys.