Russia suggests spy coerced into plea by "torturous" detention
Source: CBS/AP
2H AGO / CBS/AP
Russian officials say Moscow will continue to support a Russian woman in custody in the United States who has pleaded guilty to acting as a covert agent of the Russian government, even though it rejects that claim.
Maria Butina on Thursday pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for trying to infiltrate conservative political groups in the U.S., as part of a deal with federal prosecutors.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Russian news agencies on Friday that he "understands" why Butina pleaded guilty, quoting what he described as "torturous" prison conditions.
Lavrov reiterated Moscow's commitment to support Butina, who has been in jail since July, and said Russia would do it best to help her come home.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-spy-maria-butina-plea-deal-coerced-torturous-prison-in-us-russia-claims/
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she said that she will co-operate with authorities...............she was basically a spy.................and she gets three meals and shower....................in your country lets bring back how one man helped bring down your communist country of murders..............................by telling the world what your "country elites did to prisoners"..................and the last time I checked people have been murdered or thrown out of windows under you and your current psychopath running the country..............
The Gulag Archipelago
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
If you think its that it's that bad, why not spend a couple of weeks with her and see what her daily life is like in the joint..................................
