Weapons, money, and an agent of the Kremlin?

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In Washington, D.C., assistant to the Deputy head has been taken by the Russian Central Bank. The US authorities suspect of the agent activity. Who is the woman and what could be your job?

On the very day that the President, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, met, was arrested in Washington, the 29-year-old Russian Maria Butina. You will be accused of a conspiracy by the Russian government to influence U.S. policy have been involved, according to the justice Department in Washington. You should in the United States for the Russian government have worked without this officially. According to U.S. law, foreign lobbyists or diplomats must report before the start of their activities to the Ministry of justice. Butina should stay only with a student visa in the USA.

Whether or not the time of their arrest was deliberately chosen or not, is hard to say. She had expected difficulties in the United States, was, however, already no longer clear. Because your Name is on the list of those who could have been in any way involved in the intervention of Russia in the U.S. presidential election in 2016.

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Maria Butina writes about himself, she had co-founded in Russia, the public organization “law on weapon” and belonged to its Executive Board. Your Profiles in social networks are mainly made from Internet Memes, jokes, and statistics that she obviously wanted to convince that the right to own weapons is better than restrictions. According to information they grew up with weapons. Her father was a hunter and had taught her as a child to shoot. And raised Butina was born in the Russian city of Barnaul. At the local University, she studied political science. After graduating, she worked as a business woman, active and sold furniture. She managed a small chain of shops. In addition, she was active in local politics. She supported the elections of deputies, and himself took part in the primaries of the youth wing of the Pro-Kremlin party “United Russia”.

But Barnaul was quick to closely. With 22 years Maria Butina moved to Moscow and made there career. You could win for the country-wide Russian organization, which is committed to the free possession of weapons, thousands of followers. In addition, she was assistant to the influential politician Alexander Torshin. He is a former Senator and is now Deputy head of the Russian Central Bank.

Donald Trump speaks at a meeting of the NRA

Connections to the Americas

Butina and Torshin, a leading representative of the party “United Russia”, the Association of a common interest: The legalization of weapons, and the establishment of Links to American counterparts – especially for the “National Rifle Association of America” (NRA). It is considered to be one of the largest lobbying organizations in this area. The Association, which almost every Form of legal weapons, refuses to control, has already influenced many political elections in the United States financially and for propaganda purposes. Only two Russian citizens enjoy in the NRA, the special Status of a “lifetime membership”: Torshin and Butina.

Thanks to his membership in the NRA Torshin could get to know in the year 2011, the billionaire Donald Trump, who also is a member of this Association. After the Meeting, Torshin Trump praised for his support of “traditional family values”. Relying on his assistant Butina Torshin said, Trump is a kick “in real cooperation with Russia”. Butina was, as it seems, the first representative from Russia, which Trump asked already in the year 2015 at a public event, then, how he would develop the relations between the United States and Russia in the future.

In the crosshairs of the FBI

Together with Russian hackers and intelligence services, Maria Butina came after the election victory of Donald Trump in the focus of the American media. According to reports, she entered the United States as an employee of the Russian Central Bank, as an advocate of the Right to the free possession of weapons, and as a journalist.

Attention they drew on themselves, by attempted contacts to leading political circles in the United States. US media later reported that the FBI is interested in Border and Torschins activities, in particular for the question of whether the NRA had received through the mediation of the two Russians donations, which could indirectly have to Finance the Trump campaign. The NRA had to support trump’s candidacy, and money for his election campaign. Against Torshin 2018 sanctions by the United States are already in place since April.

The US investigators believe that Butina had tried on the NRA, a channel of communication between the Russian authorities and leading representatives of a non-identified American party – probably of the Republican party.