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Member of Parliament Maria Butina | |
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Мария Бутина | |
 Butina at a meeting of the State Duma in November 2019 | |
| Member of the State Duma | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | Kirov Oblast at-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maria Valeryevna Butina November 10, 1988 Barnaul, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Education | Altai State University (BA) American University (MIA) |
Date apprehended | July 15, 2018 |
| Criminal charges | 18 U.S.C. § 951 (Conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign agent of the Russian state (April 26, 2019)) |
| Criminal penalty | 18 months in prison |
| Criminal status | Released (October 25, 2019) |
Maria Valeryevna Butina (Russian: Мари́я Вале́рьевна Бу́тина, sometimes transliterated as Mariya Butina; born November 10, 1988) is a Russian politician, political activist, journalist, and former entrepreneur who was convicted in 2018 of acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Russia within the United States.[1][2][3]
Butina worked as an assistant for Aleksandr Torshin; a former member of the Federation Council, member of Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, and deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia.[4] In this role, she worked to infiltrate conservative groups in the US, including the National Rifle Association, as part of an effort to promote Russian interests in the 2016 United States presidential election.[4][5][6] The Senate Intelligence Committee later concluded that she attempted to persuade the Trump campaign to establish a secret communications back channel with Russia.[7]
In July 2018, while residing in Washington, D.C., Butina was arrested by the FBI and charged with acting as an agent of the Russian Federation "without prior notification to the Attorney General."[8] In December 2018, she pleaded guilty to felony charges of conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign agent of the Russian state under 18 U.S.C. §951.[9][10][11][12][13] In April 2019, a federal judge sentenced her to 18 months in prison.[14] She served around five months at Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution. Her 9-month pretrial prison term[15] was counted towards her sentence. She was released and deported back to Russia in October 2019.[16] She publicly denied being a Russian spy.[17] In 2021, she was elected to the State Duma as a member of United Russia.
- ^ Matt Apuzzo, Katie Benner and Sharon LaFraniere (July 16, 2018). "Mariia Butina, Who Sought 'Back Channel' Meeting for Trump and Putin, Is Charged as Russian Agent". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ Vera Bergengruen (July 16, 2018). "Charges Say Accused Russian Agent Used The NRA And The National Prayer Breakfast In Effort To Influence US Policy". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
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ButinaAffidavit2018-07-14was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Lafraniere, Sharon; Rosenberg, Matthew; Goldman, Adam (July 18, 2018). "Maria Butina Loved Guns, Trump and Russia. It Was a Cover, Prosecutors Say". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
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Guardianwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Fandos, Nicholas (December 3, 2017). "Operative Offered Trump Campaign 'Kremlin Connection' Using N.R.A. Ties". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ Barnes, Julian E.; Savage, Charlie (August 18, 2020). "8 Takeaways From the Senate Committee Report on Russian Interference". The New York Times.
- ^ "The criminal complaint against Maria Butina by the Dept. of Justice". justice.gov. Archived from the original on September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
- ^ Justice, United States Department of. Mariia Butina Plea Agreement. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ "Maria Butina: NRA member, lobbyist, and Kremlin spy?". Deutsche Welle. July 17, 2018. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
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explainedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Polantz, Katelyn (December 13, 2018). "Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina pleads guilty to engaging in conspiracy against US". CNN.COM. Archived from the original on December 13, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ^ "Maria Butina, Russian who conspired to infiltrate NRA, to be sentenced April 26". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ cnn.com: Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina sentenced to 18 months in prison on conspiracy charge Archived April 26, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Бутиной в США сократили тюремный срок". RBC (in Russian). June 22, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
Суд в США 26 апреля 2019 года приговорил Бутину к 18 месяцам тюремного заключения. В срок лишения свободы было зачтено время, которое россиянка провела под стражей в ожидании приговора (почти девять месяцев).
- ^ Caldwell, Alicia A. "Russian Operative Maria Butina Deported". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ "Accused Russian Spy Maria Butina Speaks Out for the First Time". New York Magazine. February 11, 2019.