L'espionne russe Maria Butina s'entend avec les procureurs américains

Je dois reconnaître que le dossier de Mme Butina était loin dans mes priorités, mais cette espionne russe travaillant pour le Kremlin avait développé de bons liens avec la NRA. L'objectif? Interférer dans la campagne présidentielle 2016. On a déjà avancé que la Russie aurait profité de la couverture de la NRA pour financer la campagne électorale de Donald Trump.

 "Her lawyers had said her interactions with the NRA and others were typical of an ambitious student anxious to network and eager to build better relations between the United States and her country. They had at one point argued her outreach should be covered by constitutional protections for free speech and noted that she was not accused of attempting to steal U.S. secrets or working with Russian intelligence.

But prosecutors said her goal was to advance the foreign policy aims of the Kremlin and that she was acting at the direction of a Russian government official, Alexander Torshin, a former senator who now serves as deputy director of the Russian central bank.

Butina has been jailed for nearly five months since her July arrest. In that time, her case had been embraced by the Russian government, which had vigorously protested that she was an innocent student whose incarceration was unjust. With the plea deal, Butina could be released in coming months and deported to Russia."

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/alleged-russian-agent-maria-butina-poised-to-plead-guilty-in-case-involving-kremlin-attempts-to-influence-nra/2018/12/10/3d91609e-f0f7-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html?utm_term=.69568d6ff34d