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Tuesday, July 17th, 2018

Russian woman charged with spying for Moscow by ‘infiltrating’ NRA

Author:     Jon Swaine and Lois Beckett
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Mon 16 Jul 2018 17.38 EDT
 Link: Russian woman charged with spying for Moscow by ‘infiltrating’ NRA
Stephan:   I have thought of the NRA as an evil organization for some years, and by evil I mean an organization whose deliberate efforts result in the degradation of social wellbeing. Now I think of them as a treasonous organization, actively working against the best interests of the United States. Here's one example of why I say this. In my view you cannot be an ethical person and a member of the NRA. Oh, and I think collusion amongst Trump, the Republican Party, and the Russians is now a demonstrated fact.

Maria Butina was charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of Russia within the US without prior notification to the attorney general.
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A Russian woman has been charged with spying for Moscow in the US by infiltrating the National Rifle Association (NRA) in an attempt to influence the Republican party and American politics.

Maria Butina, who purported to be a pro-gun activist, met American politicians and candidates to establish “back channels” and secretly reported back to the Kremlin through a high-level Russian official, according to the US justice department.

Prosecutors said in a statement that Butina, 29, had been “developing relationships with US persons and infiltrating organisations having influence in American politics, for the purpose of advancing the interests of the Russian federation”.

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Butina was charged with conspiracy to act as a Russian agent within the US without notifying the attorney general. She was arrested on Sunday and appeared before a magistrate in Washington on Monday, […]

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