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A convicted Russian agent who was recently freed from US prison says her new seat in Russia's parliament is 'not a reward'
Business Insnider ^
| November 19, 2021
| John Haltiwanger and Sonam Sheth
Posted on 11/20/2021 11:43:04 AM PST by Navy Patriot
Maria Butina, a Russian national who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and acted as an unregistered foreign agent in the US, denied this week that her new seat in Russia's parliament is a gift.
"It's not a reward," Butina told the New York Times in a new interview. "I wasn't a spy. I wasn't working for the government. I was just a civilian."
"If I had known that I have to register to build peace between the two nations by my own initiative, I would have loved to," she added.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: businessinsider; communism; johnhaltiwanger; marinabutina; putin; repeatalieoftenenouf; russia; sonamsheth; sovietunion
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Maria made a mistake believing in the First and Second Amendments, and the Blind "Justice" of American Courts and Prosecutors.
She came in Friendship and found that The Law Is A Trick.
To: Navy Patriot
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posted on
11/20/2021 11:45:19 AM PST
by
Fido969
(45 is Superman!)
To: Fido969
She does have good trigger discipline, but refuses to model bra holsters.
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posted on
11/20/2021 11:55:30 AM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: Navy Patriot
She could teach Alec Baldwin how to properly use a gun.
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posted on
11/20/2021 11:55:59 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Navy Patriot
I don’t get the reference to trigger discipline. I didn’t see a gun in the photo.
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posted on
11/20/2021 11:59:38 AM PST
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: Navy Patriot
In fairness, her seat in Duma was a gift all right.
She was not elected on her own merits or campaigning but because of her being placed on the candidate list of United Russia party. And placing her on the list was a gift all right.
OTOH, any reasons to think that she would do worse that a random apparatchik?
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:01:02 PM PST
by
mvonfr
To: Navy Patriot
Not guilty, not a chance…
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:03:40 PM PST
by
exinnj
To: Navy Patriot
Sure it wasn’t. Wink, wink…
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:04:43 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Eccl10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
To: Navy Patriot
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:07:00 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Let's Go Brandon!)
To: Navy Patriot
That can be an asset now. She could be appointed to head some sub Cabinet position in the Biden administration. Perhaps undersecretary of Defense. Hunter needs more $$$..... Just like that Omovora woman.
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:07:45 PM PST
by
Thunder90
(All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
To: noiseman
I didn't say there was a gun in the photo.
However there MAY be a small pistol in the photo.
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:07:58 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: Navy Patriot
Let's deport Kamala and AOC and bring Maria back!
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:09:30 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Let's Go Brandon!)
To: exinnj
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:10:35 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: exinnj
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:11:18 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Let's Go Brandon!)
To: Navy Patriot
Not KGB. Is FSB. *Spy* is so last Century....
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:14:06 PM PST
by
ASOC
(This space for rent)
To: mvonfr
In fairness, her seat in Duma was a gift all right.I dunno, she brought home proof that American Marxists were Russo phobic, and American JustUs was equivalent to Soviet Show Trials ...
Russians just might want leaders and lawmakers that see through the American Media Swamp, like Business Insnider.
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:16:35 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: mvonfr
“In fairness, her seat in Duma was a gift all right.”
Her seat anywhere would be a gift:)
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:19:52 PM PST
by
Ken H
(Trump won.)
To: nascarnation
Ivan would never go for that trade. We’d have to throw in Detroit as a target freebie. Remember the old red phone call spoof where the pres was calling Kruschev to admit we’d fired a missile by accident?
To: OldWarBaby
Bob Newhart-—took me a minute
To: Fido969; All
Trying to keep a straight face here, but, try as I might, I cannot find a picture of Maria where she is not fully clothed, and almost none with cleavage.
Maybe cleavage?
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posted on
11/20/2021 12:36:56 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
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