Russia will support Maria Butina

19 July 2018, 10:41 | Policy
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The Russian Embassy in Washington received permission to visit the diplomatic mission of the arrested in the US Maria Butina. Detained Russian woman may meet with employees of the consulate on July 19. Earlier, Russian diplomats visited the court session on the case of a Russian citizen. She is charged with two criminal offenses: collusion and work by an agent of a foreign state. By aggregate, she can receive up to 15 years in prison, according to the embassy's Facebook page. Butina did not plead guilty. The embassy noted that the judge refused to satisfy the defense's motion to release the detainee on bail. Butina's lawyer Robert Driscoll stated in court that the FBI had been monitoring his client for a long time. The media started writing about Butina in 2017.

It was alleged that on behalf of the deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Alexander Torshin, the Russian woman was engaged in establishing ties in the United States, her activities were associated with alleged "Russian interference" in the presidential elections in the US, recalls RIA Novosti,. Driscoll also added that Butina communicated with the US Federal Electoral Commission - in March 2018 the commission contacted the Russian woman to discuss donations for the political campaign. Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stressed that Butina was arrested right before the summit of Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump to undo the positive effect of the talks between the two leaders.




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