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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: businessinsider; communism; johnhaltiwanger; marinabutina; putin; repeatalieoftenenouf; russia; sonamsheth; sovietunion
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To: Navy Patriot
Russia should put out a calendar with their spies who have been outed. They could fund their government.


41 posted on 11/20/2021 1:30:31 PM PST by Pollster1 (America is no longer in Claire Wolfe's "awkward stage")
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To: tlozo

RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA


42 posted on 11/20/2021 1:31:13 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Pollster1
hummina hummina hummina

Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC...

43 posted on 11/20/2021 1:32:23 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: tlozo; kiryandil; All
On December 13, Maria Butina plead guilty to conspiracy to act as an illegal foreign agent

In the matter of Butina's "confession" to the Federal Bureau of Intimidation, I point out another coerced "Confession" obtained by Legal Trickery:

General Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI ... (From one of your Favorites, CNN)

And Business Insider Disinformation from 4 days ago: The timeline of Trump’s ties with Russia lines up with allegations of conspiracy and misconduct Totally DEBUNKED weeks ago.

Sorry, no credibility in any of your posts.

Repeat A Lie Often Enough, And It Becomes Journalism

44 posted on 11/20/2021 2:07:32 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot; tlozo

The Business Insider Disinformation article was written by “Natasha” - at least, that’s what she calls herself...


45 posted on 11/20/2021 2:42:14 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil
Natasha

Yep, Vassar grad, not just regularly smart, she's Elitely "smart" ...

46 posted on 11/20/2021 2:59:43 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: nascarnation

“ Let’s deport Kamala and AOC and bring Maria back!”

Well, to be honest, there’s a huge portion of the American population that I’d like to trade straight across for an equal number of Russians.


47 posted on 11/20/2021 3:02:41 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (Make Orwell Fiction Again)
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To: Widget Jr
Look at her right hand in post #3. She’s holding a Boberg XR9.

Well waddya know? I didn’t even notice she had hands.

48 posted on 11/20/2021 4:36:35 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Thunder90

I believe she’s now back in Russia.....


49 posted on 11/20/2021 4:42:23 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (My favorite word is Tweezer)
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To: Navy Patriot

If she was spying on NRA she could just as easily have been FBI.


50 posted on 11/21/2021 4:57:33 AM PST by marron
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