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Maria Butina Endgame

... hearing that a status conference be held on 12 February. It thus appears that Butina will remain in prison for the next two months, while cooperating with prosecutors. She will hopefully then be released and deported home to Russia. Ivan Timofeev: The Butina Case: The Americans Send a Signal I wrote in some detail in Off-Guardian on 29 July about the 15 July arrest by the FBI in Washington DC of this 29 year old Russian postgraduate student in Washington DC and gun enthusiast, Maria Butina. I was ...

14.12.2018

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The Butina Case: The Americans Send a Signal

The arrest of Russian national Maria Butina in Washington is a significant blow for Russia–U.S. relations The arrest of Russian national Maria Butina in Washington is a significant blow for Russia–U.S. relations. It goes well beyond official diplomacy. The Americans are sending a signal to Russia that any Russian citizen dealing with the United States may very well end up behind bars, that their email and social media posts may be used against them, and that they should be quiet, avoid meetings...

20.07.2018

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