Accused of spying, Russian Maria Butina pleads guilty to the United States | World

She agreed to cooperate with the investigators after an agreement with the Crown and will remain in custody pending her conviction. She can be sentenced to 15 years.

Butina, 30, was arrested on July 16 and initially pleaded not guilty. The Russian Foreign Ministry even launched a campaign to demand his release, considering that it was "political prey".

According to the US authorities, Butina launched a supposed operation to defend the interests of the Kremlin in the United States, first on Russian territory and soon on the American continent.

His relations, which worked for a senior Russian official, led him to meet American politicians and the influential National Rifle Association (NRA).

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" When I told him what had happened to him, I immediately asked the heads of our special services who she was. Nobody knows her except for the Council of the Federation (Senate), where she apparently worked for one of the senators. everything, "said the Russian president.