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Gun activist Maria Butina leaves prison in Tallahassee, Fl and heads to Russia Gun activist Maria Butina leaves prison in Tallahassee, Fl and heads to Russia
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Russian gun activist Maria Butina, who has spent over a year behind bars in the US, has finally left prison and is now expected to arrive to Russia on Saturday. Russian gun activist Maria Butina, who has spent over a year behind bars in the US, has finally left prison and is now expected to arrive in Russia on Saturday.
Butina’s case has become a glaring example of anti-Russian hysteria as the woman, who was accused of acting as a foreign agent without registration, was quickly libeled in the American media as a “spy” and wrongfully accused of trading sex for political favors. Butina’s case has become a glaring example of anti-Russian hysteria; she was quickly labeled as a “spy” by American media and wrongfully accused of trading sex for political favors.
Following her arrest, she spent nine months in custody, mostly in solitary confinement – a treatment that was described as exceedingly harsh and even amounting to torture – before admitting to her “crime.” The gun activist was eventually sentenced to 18 months in prison. Following her arrest, she spent nine months in custody, mostly in solitary confinement – a treatment that was described as exceedingly harsh and even amounting to torture – before pleading guilty to acting as a foreign agent without registration. The gun activist was eventually sentenced to 18 months in prison.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW Butina is being transferred from a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, to a migrant center in Miami where she will board a plane to Moscow and arrive in the Russian capital on Saturday morning.
Moscow denied any involvement with Butina and condemned her treatment in US prisons. President Vladimir Putin called her trial and sentence “a travesty of justice.”
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