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A U.S.-Russian ballerina who was not part of last week’s massive prisoner swap between Russia and the West has pleaded guilty Wednesday to a treason charge, reports say... Karelina, a dual-citizen, lives in Los Angeles but was detained while visiting family in Russia in February. Authorities claim that Karelina raised money for the Ukrainian army and took part in "public actions" that supported Ukraine while in the U.S.... authorities reportedly examined Karelina’s phone, producing photos that appear to show her at an anti-Putin and anti-war protest in Los Angeles, where she was holding a sign declaring, "We want peace." One...

After a barrage of pro-war headlines earlier on Sunday...U.S. WARNS THAT RUSSIA MAY TARGET MULTIPLE CITIES IN UKRAINE... and this...ALL INDICATIONS RUSSIA 'ON BRINK' OF INVADING UKRAINE: BLINKEN... and a tweet just before 8pm ET from NBC's Howard Fineman, quoting CBS "superb reporter" David Martin that "Putin has just ordered Russian forces to invade Ukraine in its entirety, with reserve units following to run an occupation"...David Martin of @CBSNews, a superb reporter I’ve known for decades and worked with at the original Newsweek for many years—and whom I trust totally—says #Putin has just ordered #Russian forces to invade #Ukraine in...

Russia pulls some troops back from Ukraine border, slams invasion reports Russia said Tuesday it is pulling back some of its troops from Ukraine’s borders as it slammed reports of an invasion as “ostentatious hysteria” by the West. “We’ve always said the troops will return to their bases after the exercises are over. This is the case this time as well,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to Reuters. However, it was unclear how many units were being withdrawn after a build-up of an estimated 130,000 Russian troops to the north, east and south of Ukraine. Peskov also accused the...