“Agent of the Russian Federation” detained in the USA

In the United States on suspicion of espionage arrested 29-year-old Russian citizen Maria Butina, reports press office US Department of Justice.

The investigation leads the Washington branch of the FBI. Butinu is suspected of “conspiring to act as an agent of the Russian Federation in the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General.”

It is alleged that “from 2015 onwards and at least until February on 2017”, she worked on instructions from a high-ranking official in the Russian government, who was previously a member of the Russian parliament, and then became “the highest official in the Central Bank of the Russian Federation”.

The press service stressed that this official fell under the sanctions of the US Justice Department in April 2018.

According to the investigation, the efforts of the Russian official and Butina were aimed at developing relations with US officials and “penetrating organizations that have an influence on American politics in order to promote the interests of the Russian Federation.

In turn, the American media reported on Butin’s attempts to establish contacts with the American Rifle Association, which includes manufacturers of small weapons. It is noted that the arms business is very developed in America, its largest representatives are actively promoting their interests both in the government and in Congress. Including gunsmiths support President Trump.

According to the press, if Maria’s guilt is proven, she faces up to 5 years in prison. Court hearings are scheduled for July 18.

The suspect’s lawyer, Robert Driscoll, is confident that Butina did not try to influence Washington’s policies or undermine it from the inside.

Maria is not an agent of the Russian Federation - she is a citizen of the Russian Federation who is in the United States on a student visa, the lawyer said. Recently, Butina graduated from American University in Washington, having received a master’s degree in international relations, and has since used her diploma “to build a career in business,” since she has a work permit, Driscol added.

Comments

[To be or not to be]

America is getting smaller ...
It's a pity !!!! But. such zigzags of history ...

[cniza]

I got to the fullest, but the United States did not care whom and for what if only to prove Trump’s hostility to Russia, but they look very stupid, they have completely degraded.

[For example]

in order to perform the functions of an agent of the Russian Federation in the United States without prior notice to the Attorney General

I forgot to inform the Attorney General in advance. This is a joint on her part

[Andrey Yuryevich]

29-year-old Russian citizen Maria Butina detained in the United States on suspicion of espionage

Anna Chapman’s daughter ... not?

[Logall]

It's all about Butin’s surname ... Butin's daughter. Butin - doesn’t resemble anything?

[figwam]

Quote: Logall

It's all about Butin’s surname ... Butin's daughter. Butin - doesn’t resemble anything?

They love these names, Booth has long been sitting.

[kakvastam]

"B", "P" - what's the difference ...
One can hardly even distinguish by ear.

[MPN]

.

Quote: For example

"In conspiracy to fulfill the functions of an agent of the Russian Federation in the United States without prior notice to the Attorney General."

Here it is Russian maybe ... now suffer ...

[bouncyhunter]

Hello Pasha ! Zadolbala already this theatrical mattress Russophobia, even if something new came up ...

[MPN]

Hello namesake! So comm I orient this way, for there is nothing more to add.

[bouncyhunter]

Quote: MPN

for there’s nothing more to add.

Do you mean literary expression of thoughts?

[MPN]

Quote: bouncyhunter

Do you mean literary expression of thoughts?

Something like this is, and not literary useless ... So just grin. Only yesterday was discussed (at the summit) the problem of the enemies of the nations, today is the result of joint work ...

[bouncyhunter]

Quote: MPN

today is the result of collaboration ...

Have you been waiting for something else? The talking room is one thing, but the action is a completely different borsch ...

[MPN]

Quote: bouncyhunter

Quote: MPN

today is the result of collaboration ...

Have you been waiting for something else? The talking room is one thing, but the action is a completely different borsch ...

In fact, I didn’t expect anything, I’m not even discussing it ... :)) If something is decided there, we won’t know soon ... I think only Trump will be easier after Putin accused Clintonsha of pre-election politics, she spent on the money stolen from Russia, and maybe she transferred the proof ... And even that is not a horse feed most likely ...

[pvv113]

Pasha, salute!
Why come up with a new one, if the old always rolled

[novel66]

like, "I'll spy on you here. okay?" rolls over ... evidence is at least some or again - "everyone knows" the kindest!

[Lopatov]

Quote: novel xnumx

like, "I'll spy on you here. okay?"

No, here the topic is different. They actually legalized corruption, it is implemented in the form of structures lobbying for interests.
If this is not a US citizen, he is required to notify the competent authorities. And he will receive the high rank of "agent."

If she is imprisoned, ours can rightfully start planting the leadership of all kinds of “memorials” for violating our legislation on foreign agents already.

[novel66]

interesting

start planting the leadership of all kinds of "memorials"

It is high time!

[Himdym]

there is at least some benefit from Memorial, volunteers come to look after pensioners, I think that here the top only steals a little, but this is criminality, not politics. Organizations such as the Union of Public Associations Russian Research Center for Human Rights, the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization Moscow School of Civil Education, etc. are another matter. here it’s worth understanding how they realize their goals.

[astepanov]

Quote: Spade

If they put her in

Yes, they would have planted it for a long time. This lady lobbies the interests of arms sellers, pushing for the introduction of the analogous Second Amendment to the US Constitution into the Russian constitution, constantly hobnobing with representatives of American NGOs, and generally a muddy lady. It would be better, of course, to pack it on a shkonka in Russia - but also Butu on the side is also not bad.

[NordUral]

As I understand it, the rest (real, not fake) agents in crowds sign up to the American General with a request to be allowed to spy and harm America?

[Starover_Z]

the efforts of the Russian official and Butina were aimed at developing relations with officials in the United States and “penetrating organizations that have influence on American politics in order to advance the interests of the Russian Federation.

Do American businessmen work in the Russian Federation in the interests of Russia and to the detriment of their pockets? M-yes, that country, especially officials need to be treated!

[Vita vko]

Where is the logic?

starting from 2015 and at least until February 2017, ”she worked on the instructions of a senior official in the Russian government

official came under the sanction of the US Department of Justice in April 2018

[Russia]

29 years old, a student visa, not married, to such very close attention, they are already in the cage, only to shoot, and a case such as a meeting in Finland presented itself.

[Lopatov]

Irrelevant. If she is accused of violating the law on foreign agents, anyway, he was under sanctions or not.
Incidentally, we should also take care of putting things in order in this area. If any American is trying to influence the political life of Russia, he must be properly registered. And any ambassadors gathering gatherings for our opponents to kick out of the country for violating this law

In general, the Americans, as always, do themselves a disservice ...

[rocket757]

Spyware, political, economic games .... the identity work is also needed, only the guys need to be more thoroughly because ignorance of the law entails, as a rule, failure to comply with the law! The consequences are unpleasant, but not fatal, especially the lady worked for a very "savory carriages"!
They will send, change, the fine will be torn off and all business.

[Basil50]

Well then. Since she was called * agent * means agent. After all, for condemnation there is required only * Hiley likes *. In the USA, torture and prisons of special services are officially permitted, to which no norms or laws apply, so * evidence * will be knocked out, any.
A good example for those who choose abroad for a career. Apparently someone refused, so she became a * spy *.

[cniza]

Just very suitable for the role of an agent and no more.

[novel66]

some ugly, what kind of agent is there hi

[cniza]

Hi Roman! it all depends on the degree ... and it’s very bad taste there.

[novel66]

that yes then yes, not even beauties participate in sexual scandals there
poor starving bill ...

[cniza]

They like everything "vice versa", they completely moved out ...

[spirit]

Yes, everything is much simpler. The Banker indicated here simply wanted to continue to work and invest the looted money in the decaying USA through his gasket (in the photo) and they tied it up. But the agent and the court can solder you anything stopped

[cariperpaint]

Nonsense. The point is generally different. Girl in general from a different topic. If you look at her profiles in social networks you will understand.

[Retvizan 8]

Noteworthy is the period in which certain forces in the United States suddenly began to reel. Putin and Trump met and suddenly spy scandals rained down from a cornucopia: the story of the 12 scouts who elected Trump is now the capture of a Russian scout!

[The Siberian barber]

"agent" she, or not, we are not given to know .. But that the girl will be pressed not childish, for sure! Forces to her!
Py.Sy. I would very much like our Foreign Ministry to really intercede for it, and not declaratively

[Hexagon]

On the one hand - it’s kind of a pity, ours in a sense. On the other hand, I wanted wealth, freedom and “democracy”, I went there to work there — well, eat it and don’t slap it. I think the concept of "democracy" for her will sparkle with new colors.

[Berber]

Analytics so-so, on top. A set of assumptions, and not in our favor.

[parusnik]

Soon a new program will appear on TV The X-Files with Maria Butina .... And of course, during the arrest, the cool bandwagon of Trump, from his opponents in the USA, they say while you are traveling around Helsinki, this is happening ... Russian agents have an impact on American politics .. I won’t be surprised if in this case, Trump will become a witness ...

[novel66]

it remains only to regret the usa - if they are seriously threatened by 29-year-old agents

[Strips]

I would advise reading about this woman, about her work in Russia and not only.
Not everything is as simple as described in this article - far from simple.

[cariperpaint]

Are you talking about weapons for self-defense?)))

[Strips]

About her path from studying to the United States, in what organizations she was, meeting with certain people associated with the Russian government, for example, Alexander Torshin (there are his tweets about her, etc.) and this is all at her rather young age. She is now 29, for example, and she began to create connections of such an image quite early. She is a very smart girl, but a mind without connections does not help much these days.
And she has good connections through United Russia, etc.

[cariperpaint]

So tightly watched)

[cariperpaint]

The girl was engaged in legal activities in the states. When did lobbying of interests become that violation of the law? Now, any of the first type of NPO that has entered the field of vision will be closed and changed. Again, American specialists are engaged in precedent game wildlife ...

[Strips]

Quote: cariperpaint

The girl was engaged in legal activities in the states.

No.

Quote: cariperpaint

When did lobbying of interests become that violation of the law?

She was engaged in activities in the interests of the Russian Federation without proper registration with the Ministry of Justicethat in the United States punishable by up to five years in prison.

[cariperpaint]

In the interests of not the Russian Federation but specific people. That is the point. They are drawing her into this. A foreign agent without registration or whatever they have right. But this is not so. They create another wretched precedent which will now turn into game again. In fact, after that, any Bizress can be attracted to this. Firm A in the states opens a representative office, establishes connections. What the hell could be registration for it? They work to promote themselves or seek partners. They are taken and they say you work in the interests of the Russian Federation. All sailed)

[Faceless]

Dear cariperpaint, this is our lobbying activity (with the exception of extremely radical forms that constitute corpus delicti / offenses) in essence is not regulated in any way. Most countries are different.
In the USA, in particular, the regulation of this institution is most elaborated. For example, the law according to which any entity promoting his interests in Congress must be registered with the clerk of the House of Representatives and with the secretary of the Senate has been in force since 1946.
Since 1996, the Law on the Disclosure of Lobbying Activities has been in force there, according to which lobbyists who are somehow trying to promote the interests of someone in any government should somehow register and submit relevant reports. This law spells out more than 2 dozen terms and definitions in detail, the systematic and broader interpretation of which may allow lobbying a very wide range of activities.
And here it is: “According to the investigation, the efforts of the Russian official and Butina were aimed at developing relations with officials in the United States and“ penetrating organizations that have influence on American politics in order to advance the interests of the Russian Federation. ”
- 100% hit.
At the same time, a lot of things can be summed up for such an activity: from posts on the wall in the social network about how wonderful it is to live in the Russian Federation, how cool the 2018 World Cup went, to a thorough positive online review of any Russian product. It would be a desire.

Conclusions: 1) study the laws of the country to which you arrive before you are held accountable for their failure to comply.
2) Russians have nothing to do in the USA (my opinion) otherwise - do not be surprised. There, and so on, 3-5 people a year are put on political charges, in essence. Either our businessmen from Thailand are extradited, then pilots or programmers. And we have everything, "Maybe this is not about us."
Why did she go to the USA? At home they teach badly? They will teach well there. Here is her practice.
And the most annoying thing is that neither the RF as a whole nor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in particular have adequate effective means to change anything.

[cariperpaint]

You do not understand me) such as she in the states is full. Very often our students are hired for networking or promotion. But they are not agents. Ordinary individuals. And they just work for certain people or organizations that are generally not connected with the authorities of their country. It is clear that they can say anything, but in fact this is not so. They simply tie a formal situation over their ears.

[Strips]

Quote: cariperpaint

Ordinary individuals. And just work for certain people or organizations. not related to the power of their country at all.

Yes yes

[Faceless]

It is not really still not clear that you should not travel to the United States. Neither rest, nor study, nor marry. And if you’ve already gone, don’t be surprised that you are recognized as a Russian spy and you will stay there for 20 years. The USA does not recognize international law de facto. Legally, they have not ratified a single convention that would extend the jurisdiction of international courts to the United States, while American laws apply to the whole world, outside the United States (according to their legislation).
Here is an example of another apolitical lady who is sure that it’s not necessary to watch the news, and what the politicians are doing is not relevant to her.

[Siberian]

Apparently, all departing need to be asked what else they do not believe and what, well, can not be in a developed free state? Student at 29? I would not believe it either. Why give yourself a reason? Even stupid. Well, now it will become true a US citizen, a book will write about humane prisons and awesome fair law

[shark]

The booth of course. But here's what you should think about - having believed in a world without borders, more and more Russian fools, with the inherent female sexuality of mercenarism, are fleeing to seek a better share over the hill. Forgetting that the bodies of Russian women belong to Russian men. Let it sit, so as not to be mischievous. Russian -sidi in Russia and give birth to children. Russian.

[cariperpaint]

She has a student visa. Not working.

[shark]

Do you not know how to do this? And for what....

[nerd.su]

And if she really is our agent?

[rotmistr60]

in order to perform the functions of an agent of the Russian Federation in the United States without prior notice to the Attorney General

Well, you can understand when legal entities are forced to identify themselves as a foreign agent (the law also applies in our country), but for an individual to recognize himself as a foreign agent (and in this case a spy, because espionage is charged) this is already beyond the scope of the reasonable. American politics has a complete phase shift, which is already visible even to the naked eye.

[Ivanovich I.]

Gas "" and got to America, now they have a butophobia.

[Terenin]

According to the investigation, Butina’s efforts were aimed at developing relations with officials in the United States and “penetrating organizations that have influence on American politics in order to promote the interests of the Russian Federation. Well done, a girl, performed the purest functions of the Foreign Ministry ambassador. "Skukanul" another Skripal. For what up to 5 years? And we still criticize our laws. Look, for the preparation of the attack Sentsov pardon considered.

[K-50]

if Mary's guilt is proven, then she faces up to 5 years in prison.

Here it is, "democracy."
If in Russia American citizens are convicted precisely for crimes, more often simply being expelled in their own way, then pin dosniki “without philosophizing slyly” are convicted of only one suspicion of crimes or offenses against the FSA, and it is not uncommon for them to abduct our citizens from other countries.
Rather, they would "dig" the channel named after Stalin "there !!!

[Ham]

it remains to call out the spirit of Senator Joseph McCarthy with his inquisitors and arrange a "witch hunt"

[Dietmar]

Yes, and changed the name, it was "Putin"!

[Vard]

Most likely, they made an offer to her ... but she refused ... And she could accept ... under Russian law if you were recruited, but you informed the authorities about it ... then you are relieved of responsibility ...

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

Detained just before the meeting between Trump and Putin ... Coincidence? I don’t think so ...

And what is she charged with? What they wanted to establish relations with some politicians in the United States and the rifle organization? And what's wrong with that?

It seems that the United States simply grabbed the first Russian that came to hand to inflate a spy scandal ...

Trump's son-in-law is Jewish))), this is where the spies should be caught, and they grab Russian students ...

[HMR333]

and what is espionage ??? she made contacts with business and officials! so what is espionage ??? they need to be treated, and she’d better go from there far away from sin, otherwise they’ll condemn him for dog’s hell!

[Jack O'Neill]

Even the American TV series "Motherland" reminded me that they are so tricky with agents, etc.

[bogart047]

let her plant, she wanted to go there herself)

[NKVD]

And that she rubbed her skin there? There’s nothing to travel around the states, in Russia, is it not enough?

[trak]

Strange ... And why nobody here remembered that Butina created the Right to Arms movement in Russia and headed it before leaving to study in the USA?

[Knizhnik]

Too clumsy for a spy. Most likely Mademoiselle came to the country of “milk and honey” to achieve something more, there are such “career builders”. Studvisa (it’s never too late to study, a local diploma will help not only in the States), cohabitation with a citizen - typical “steps” to adaptation, this is what foreigners all over the world do. But the FBI’s “sanctions citizen” letter falls into the hands of the FBI ...