RT: ‘My hair color was proof of guilt’: Maria Butina talks her arrest, the NRA, and Senate testimony (FULL INTERVIEW)
Accused of spying and jailed in the US, Russian student and gun rights activist Maria Butina has told RT about her ordeal, from staring down a dozen armed FBI agents at her door to how Hollywood cliches served as proof of guilt.
Arrested in July 2018, Butina spent eight months in custody, most of it in solitary confinement, before eventually pleading guilty in December. Meanwhile US media telling juicy stories about her that later proved false.
“They just took some Hollywood clichés and made me the scapegoat,” she said. “The color of my hair and my features served as proof of guilt. That’s the way it should be, because we see it this way in the movies.”
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WNU editor: I could be wrong, but it is hard to see her as a spy. As for her conviction. As I tell everyone who travels abroad, always be aware of the laws of the country that you are visiting. What may be nothing to you is a big thing in the country that you visiting. In the case of Maria Butina, she should have been aware of the laws before becoming politically active in the U.S..
More News On The Release Of Maria Butina
Russian agent Butina returns to Moscow, wants no part of US -- AP
Maria Butina: Russian agent deported from US to Moscow -- BBC
Russian agent convicted in US returns to Moscow -- DW
Russian woman convicted by U.S. of being agent returns home -- Reuters
Russian agent Maria Butina released from US prison and deported -- ABC News Online
'Like a bad Hollywood flick with allegations as surreal as Alice in Wonderland' - Russia's Butina on US arrest -- RT
'Guard said he’d ‘f**k each and every one of us’ – released gun activist Butina recalls humiliation in US prison -- RT
'Russians don't surrender': Maria Butina returns to Moscow -- Al Jazeera