Back ماريا بوتينا Arabic ماريا بوتينا ARZ Марыя Валер’еўна Буціна Byelorussian Marija Walerjewna Butina German Μαρία Μπούτινα Greek María Bútina Spanish ماریا بوتینا Persian Maria Boutina French מריה בוטינה HE Marija Valerjevna Butyina Hungarian

Maria Butina

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Valerievna and the family name is Butina.

Maria Butina
MP
Мария Бутина
Attending a meeting of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Assumed office
12 October 2021
Personal details
Born10 November 1988 (1988-11-10) (age 35)
Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
Parent
  • Valery Viktorovich Butin (father)
Education
Criminal statusReleased (25 October 2019)
Conviction(s)Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of a Foreign Government (1 count, 26 April 2019)
Criminal charge18 U.S.C. § 951 Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of a Foreign Government (5 counts)
Penalty18 months in prison
Date apprehended
15 July 2018

Maria Valerievna Butina[a] (Russian: Мария Валерьевна Бутина; born 10 November 1988) is a Russian politician, political activist, journalist, and former entrepreneur who was convicted in 2018 of acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Russia within the United States.[1][2][3]

Butina worked as an assistant for Aleksandr Torshin; a former member of the Federation Council, member of Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, and deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia.[4] In this role, she worked to infiltrate conservative groups in the US, including the National Rifle Association, as part of an effort to promote Russian interests in the 2016 United States presidential election.[4][5][6] The Senate Intelligence Committee later concluded that she attempted to persuade the Trump campaign to establish a secret communications back channel with Russia.[7]

In July 2018, while residing in Washington, D.C., Butina was arrested by the FBI and charged with acting as an agent of the Russian Federation "without prior notification to the Attorney General."[8] In December 2018, she pleaded guilty to felony charges of conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign agent of the Russian state under 18 U.S.C. §951.[9][10][11][12][13] In April 2019, a federal judge sentenced her to 18 months in prison.[14] She served around five months at Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution. Her 9-month pretrial prison term[15] was counted towards her sentence. She was released and deported back to Russia in October 2019.[16] She publicly denied being a Russian spy.[17] In 2021, she was elected to the State Duma as a member of United Russia.


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  1. ^ Matt Apuzzo, Katie Benner and Sharon LaFraniere (16 July 2018). "Mariia Butina, Who Sought 'Back Channel' Meeting for Trump and Putin, Is Charged as Russian Agent". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. ^ Vera Bergengruen (16 July 2018). "Charges Say Accused Russian Agent Used The NRA And The National Prayer Breakfast In Effort To Influence US Policy". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ButinaAffidavit2018-07-14 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Lafraniere, Sharon; Rosenberg, Matthew; Goldman, Adam (18 July 2018). "Maria Butina Loved Guns, Trump and Russia. It Was a Cover, Prosecutors Say". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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  6. ^ Fandos, Nicholas (3 December 2017). "Operative Offered Trump Campaign 'Kremlin Connection' Using N.R.A. Ties". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. ^ Barnes, Julian E.; Savage, Charlie (18 August 2020). "8 Takeaways From the Senate Committee Report on Russian Interference". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "The criminal complaint against Maria Butina by the Dept. of Justice". justice.gov. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  9. ^ Justice, United States Department of. Mariia Butina Plea Agreement. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Maria Butina: NRA member, lobbyist, and Kremlin spy?". Deutsche Welle. 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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  12. ^ Polantz, Katelyn (13 December 2018). "Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina pleads guilty to engaging in conspiracy against US". CNN.COM. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Maria Butina, Russian who conspired to infiltrate NRA, to be sentenced April 26". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  14. ^ cnn.com: Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina sentenced to 18 months in prison on conspiracy charge Archived 26 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "Бутиной в США сократили тюремный срок". RBC (in Russian). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2021. Суд в США 26 апреля 2019 года приговорил Бутину к 18 месяцам тюремного заключения. В срок лишения свободы было зачтено время, которое россиянка провела под стражей в ожидании приговора (почти девять месяцев).
  16. ^ Caldwell, Alicia A. "Russian Operative Maria Butina Deported". WSJ. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Accused Russian Spy Maria Butina Speaks Out for the First Time". New York Magazine. 11 February 2019.

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