A U.S.-Russian ballerina who was not included in last week’s prisoner exchange between Russia and the West has pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a treason charge, according to reports.

Ksenia Karelina made her first appearance in court in Yekaterinburg since the Aug. 1 release of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, Reuters reported.

Karelina, a dual-citizen, resides in Los Angeles but was apprehended while visiting family in Russia in February. Authorities allege that Karelina raised funds for the Ukrainian army and participated in “public actions” in support of Ukraine while in the U.S.

Karelina’s lawyer stated on Wednesday that she has entered a guilty plea, and a verdict in the case is expected to be announced on Thursday, citing Russian state media.

 

She reportedly told her boyfriend that Russia was safe, and he had no reason to fear her visiting, according to her former mother-in-law Eleonora Sreborski.

While in Russia earlier this year, authorities reportedly examined Karelina’s phone, producing photos that appear to show her at an anti-war protest in Los Angeles, where she was holding a sign declaring, “We want peace.”

One pro-Putin news outlet indicated that the charge related to money she sent to a Ukrainian charity – a total sum of $51.80 – claiming “she understood where and what she was sending.”

 

Sreborski had claimed that Karelina donated, but that it was to Razom for Ukraine, which sends non-military aid to the country.

Karelina, shortly after her arrest, attempted to appeal her case, but the court rejected the motion and extended her pre-trial detention, which took place in a Siberian jail.

If found guilty, she would face a sentence of 12 years to life in prison, Reuters reports.