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    Heartbreak and regret: He bought his girlfriend a birthday trip to Russia to visit her family. Now she is being detained

    LOS ANGELES — Chris Van Heerden was nervous about his girlfriend traveling back to Russia to see the family she missed so much. "I thought it might be dangerous for her to go, with everything going on with the war in Ukraine, but she reassured me that she was Russian and that everything would be fine," said Van Heerden, who lived with his girlfriend in West L.A. "So for her birthday in ...
    by Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times Feb 28, 2024 4 minutes
    Men walk in front of the headquarters of Russia's Federal Security Services in central Moscow on Aug. 28, 2023.

    LOS ANGELES — Chris Van Heerden was nervous about his girlfriend traveling back to Russia to see the family she missed so much.

    "I thought it might be dangerous for her to go, with everything going on with the war in Ukraine, but she reassured me that she was Russian and that everything would be fine," said Van Heerden, who lived with his girlfriend in West L.A. "So for her birthday in December, I bought her a ticket. She was so excited. Now, I am hitting myself over the head about it."

    He's waiting for news about Ksenia Karelina, who is being detained in Russia on treason charges, apparently over a donation to a New York-based charity for Ukraine, which is struggling to fight off

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