Russian Foreign Ministry: Butina Arrest Is Stunt To Whip Up Anti-Russia Frenzy

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The Russian Foreign Ministry tweeted Wednesday after Russian national Mariia Butina was charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government, claiming that it was an FBI set-up to aggravate anti-Russia sentiment in the U.S.

Butina was arrested Sunday and is currently being held without bond ahead of her hearing Wednesday in D.C. federal court.

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  1. Who cares what they have to say, they lie just as much as drump, all they are doing is showing that actually care about Butina getting arrested. My guess is they mainly care due to in the inroads they have made with the NRA.

    And the treasury just made it easier to use something like the NRA to funnel money to elections.

  2. Trump administration standing up in support of the FBI in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0

    -1, -2, -3, -4, …

  3. #Zakharova: It looks as if the FBI, instead of carrying out their responsibility of fighting crime, is implementing a political put-up job set to it by forces that are whipping up anti-Russia hysteria in the US

    Trump will have to agree with the Russians on this. And then tomorrow say he doesn't. And then Friday say, oh yes he does.
    
    Rinse and repeat.
  4. There’s some tactically-smart strategically-moronic Chekists & chaos-agents in Moscow (and DC, and CA) who are shitting themselves today.

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