For clues to her own future, Butina could look to how the Kremlin received Anna Chapman, a Russian foreign intelligence agent who was expelled from the U.S. in 2010 after pleading guilty to conspiracy.
Date: Oct 25, 2019
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Maria Butina Says She Was 'Building Peace.' That's Not How The Feds See It
The clandestine nature of that outreach, however, was apparent all along to Butina and her mentor and handler. At one point, Torshin sent her a message likening her to one of the "illegals" who had been kicked out years before the woman who has become known as Anna Chapman.
Her future is hazy. She may be welcomed in her home country as a celebrity, as a spy named Anna Chapman was after she was deported from the U.S. in 2010. But Butina could also face a darker homecoming; by the time she returns, if she keeps the deal, she may have spent hours sharing information with
Date: Dec 11, 2018
Category: Headlines
Source: Google
Russians accused of crimes abroad finding fame in their homeland
identified flying objects are alien spaceships? she said in one episode. Our hypothesis that alien intelligence has long colluded with the ruling elite was recently and unexpectedly confirmed. What are politicians and soldiers keeping quiet about? I, Anna Chapman, will reveal this secret.
Date: Sep 13, 2018
Category: Headlines
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Accused Russian agent used sex and deception to gain influence, prosecutors say
Prosecutors also said Butina was regarded as a covert agent by a Russian official with whom she was in touch, with text messages discovered by the FBI showing how the official likened her to Anna Chapman, a Russian woman who was arrested in 2010 and then deported as part of a prisoner swap.In March 2017, following news coverage of Butina, the Russian official wrote, Are your admirers asking for your autographs yet? You have upstaged Anna Chapman. She poses with toy pistols, while you are being published with real ones, according to the court filing.
Date: Jul 18, 2018
Category: Headlines
Source: Google
Maria Butina Was In Contact With Russian Intelligence, Feds Say In New Documents
FBI agents discovered March 2017 messages between Butina and Alexander Torshin, the Russian government official whom they've described as her main point of contact in Russia, in which he allegedly wrote: "You have upstaged Anna Chapman. She poses with toy pistols while you are being published with r
After serving four years in prison in Russia for spying for Britain's espionage service, MI6, Skripal was one of four Russian double agents exchanged for 10 Russians expelled from the United States, including Manhattan socialite Anna Chapman.
Date: Mar 09, 2018
Category: World
Source: Google
19 others treated after nerve agent attack on Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal, his daughter
He passed the identity of dozens of spies to the United Kingdom's MI6 foreign intelligence agency, according to news reports. He was freed in 2010 as part of a U.S.-Russian spy swap that also included Anna Chapman, who was arrested in New York earlier that year.