In a quivering voice, Maria Butina begged for leniency Friday as she awaited sentencing on charges of being a secret agent for Russia. She cast herself as an innocent caught up in a massive ...

Convicted Russian agent Maria Butina is speaking out for the first time since her sentencing. Steve Inskeep talks to Mary Louise Kelly, host of All Things Considered, about her interview with Butina.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an interview with the Infamous podcast set for release Thursday—a transcript of which has been shared exclusively with The ...

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 Russian operative who used her activism with the National Rifle Association to illegally infiltrate U.S. conservative political circles, was released from a federal prison in ...

It is reported that Russia’s agency for international humanitarian cooperation has sent her books to Russian centers of culture in 20 countries and the Russian foreign ministry has requested more than ...

Maria Butina's prison term has ended. The Russian national, who pleaded guilty late last year to conspiring to act as a clandestine foreign agent, was released Friday into the custody of U.S.

Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina sentenced to 18 months in prison on conspiracy charge A federal judge sentenced Russia national Maria Butina to 18 months in prison on Friday, after she pleaded ...

Butina cultivated connections with prominent U.S. conservatives. She pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as a clandestine foreign agent. Now she's... Maria Butina's prison term has ended. The Russian ...

Maria Butina, the only Russian arrested and convicted in the three-year investigation of Moscow's interference in US politics, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Friday. The leader of a small ...