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Maria Butina sentenced by US court for 18 months in jail

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Maria Butina sentenced by US court for 18 months in jail


26.04.2019

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US court headed by Judge Tanya Chutkan has sentenced Maria Butina for 18 months of imprisonment, TASS reports. The verdict of the US court sentencing Butina is unfair, stated the Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for Foreign Affairs Leonid Slutsky. "The court chose not to be lenient and sentenced Maria to 18 months in prison. The verdict was made despite the defense’s appeal that she should be sentenced to 9 months she had already spent in custody, the majority of it in solitary confinement." 

According to Slutsky, this decision was made solely on the basis of statements claiming that Maria was allegedly acting on the behalf of Russian officials. Slutsky said this decision  "political and fabricated from the air poisoned with Russophobia." 

Let us remember, 30 years old Russian gun-rights activist was arrested in Washington DC on July 15, right before the Helsinki meeting of Russian and American Presidents.

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