Former US ambassador to Ukraine says Russian ballerina's arrest is a middle finger to the US and says Biden administration should be trying to get her back

Former ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor has said that the arrest of a Russian-American ballerina is akin to Vladimir Putin giving a middle finger to the US. During an appearance on CUOMO on NewsNation, the diplomat was asked by Chris Cyomo if Ksenia Karelina's arrest for high treason was a way for Putin to show contempt for the US after he gave an interview to American provocateur Tucker Carlson. During an appearance on CUOMO on NewsNation, former ambassador Bill Taylor was asked if Ksenia Karelina's arrest for high treason was a way for Putin to show contempt for the US Karelina is accused of fund raising for a pro-Ukrainian organization, she attained US citizenship in 2021 'This is about what's going on in Russia today - Putin is more repressive, more oppressively to anyone there, whether they be American or Russians, than any time in memory, going back to the Stalin times.' Karelina moved to the US after graduating from college in her homeland in 2013 On her Facebook page, Karelina says that she's from Yekaterinburg and that she studied ballet at the S. P. Diaghilev school Karelina was first arrested on charges of 'petty hooliganism,' for swearing 'In addition, the citizen in question repeatedly took part in public actions in support of the Kyiv regime while in the United States,' the agency added, reports The Moscow Times.