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US prosecutors said Maria Butina, 29, exploited her close links with the powerful NRA gun lobby.
Russia's foreign ministry told his US counterpart on Saturday that a woman arrested in the United States on charges she
Sergei Lavrov made the comments about Maria Butina in a phone call to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that was aiming at improving bilateral relations, the Russian Foreign
On Wednesday, a US judge ordered Butina jailed until her trial after US prosecutors pleaded to Russian intelligence and could flee the United States.
Butina has been accused of working with a high-powered Russian official and two unidentified US citizens, trying to infiltrate a pro-gun rights organization in the United States and influence the United State
Lavrov said the actions of the American authorities, who arrested Butina "on the basis of fabricated charges", were unacceptable and called for the release as soon as possible.
Lavrov and Pompeo also Two of the leaders of the two countries, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, put them in Helsinki on Monday.
in Syria and the "challenges" of Korean peninsula of nuclearization.
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