Maria Butina, an accused Russian spy who nuzzled up to the National Rifle Association before the 2016 election, has begun cooperating with federal prosecutors after agreeing to a plea deal in recent ...

Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina faces sentencing in Washington Friday over her open effort to build a network of high-level Republican contacts via ties to the NRA gun lobby. While prosecutors have ...

It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on this character. Convicted Russian spy Maria Butina just did a bizarre and rather concerning interview with the BBC in which she argued that Ukraine is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Biden administration sanctioned Russian politicians who support the invasion of Ukraine. Among the targets was Maria Butina, ...

Maria Butina, convicted of acting as an agent for a foreign state in the United States, returned Saturday to her native Russia and insisted that she was pressured to plead guilty in the case. Maria ...

Maria Butina, the woman charged over the summer with being a clandestine Russian agent, was unjustly transferred back to solitary confinement at a Virginia jail last Wednesday, her lawyers said ...

Russian national Maria Butina, sometimes spelled Mariia, is accused of working as a spy, infiltrating American political organizations including the National Rifle Association. On Wednesday, a federal ...

Maria Butina, the Russia agent who infiltrated the National Rifle Association and charmed several Republican figures before landing an 18-month prison sentence, has emerged as one of Vladimir Putin’s ...