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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'

    11/20/2021 11:43:04 AM PST · by Navy Patriot · 49 replies
    Business Insnider ^ | November 19, 2021 | John Haltiwanger and Sonam Sheth
    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.
  • News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 4/26-Saturday 4/27/2019

    04/27/2019 2:48:37 AM PDT · by Nextrush · 2 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 4/26/2019 | Nextrush/Self
    15 bodies found after Sri Lankan police engaged in a gun battle in the eastern part of the country with Islamic State terrorist suspects..... A Russian woman accused of being a spy who targeted the National Rifle Association was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday..... Some French reporters in trouble for "compromising national secrets". That's because they revealed information on French weapons being used in the Saudi-led war against Shia Muslim Houthi rebels in Yemen..... Week 24 of the Yellow Vests protests in France Saturday following President Emmanuel Macron's Thursday announcement of measures seen as a response to the...
  • Alleged Russian Spy Marina Butina Met With Obama Officials

    07/22/2018 7:53:07 PM PDT · by Kevin in California · 19 replies
    Independent Sentinel ^ | 07-22-2018 | S. Noble
    A federal indictment was filed against alleged Russian spy Marina Butina this past week. She is accused of conspiring to “advance the interests of the Russian Federation.” Butina has ties to a high-level Russian official connected to Putin.