Prosecutors: Butina is a flight risk, has ties to Russian intelligence

Washington (CNN) The accused Russian spy who infiltrated Republican politics used a life "predicated on deception" while she attempted to exchange sex for political access and communicated with Russian intelligence during her years in America, ... Russia's not meddling? Then explain Maria Butina.Washington Post Judge Orders Maria Butina, Linked To Russian Spy Agency, Jailed Ahead Of TrialNPR Judge Orders Detention of Russian Gun Activist, Siding With Prosecutors Who See Her as a Flight RiskWall Street Journal BBC News -USA TODAY -HuffPost -Business Insider

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Maria Butina, Suspected Secret Agent, Used Sex in Covert Plan, Prosecutors Say

WASHINGTON — For four years, a Russian accused of being a covert agent pursued a brazen effort to infiltrate conservative circles and influence powerful Republicans while she secretly was in contact with Russian intelligence operatives, a senior

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Judge Orders Detention of Russian Gun Activist, Siding With Prosecutors Who See Her as a Flight Risk

A federal judge ordered the detention of a Russian gun-rights activist accused of conspiring to cultivate relationships in the U.S. with influential conservatives and gun-rights groups to advance Moscow's agenda. Maria Butina, 29 years old and wearing

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Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina had ties to Russian intelligence agency, prosecutors say

The Russian woman arrested this week on charges of being a foreign agent had ties to Russian intelligence operatives and was in contact with them while in the United States, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Maria Butina, 29, also was also engaged in ... Maria Butina: Alleged Russia agent 'offered sex for job'BBC News Maria Butina, Suspected Secret Agent, Used Sex in Covert Plan, Prosecutors SayNew York Times Accused Russian agent Mariia Butina tried to trade sex for influence, say prosecutorsNBCNews.com Wall Street Journal -Chicago Tribune -CNN -Politico

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Baby dies from 'lethal combination of drugs' hours after his mother breastfed him, prosecutors say

It was 3 a.m. and Samantha Whitney Jones's 11-week-old son was crying. So, Jones did what many mothers would do: She sat down and tried to breastfeed him. About five hours later, her baby would be dead. The cause of death, prosecutors say, was a ... Baby dies from 'lethal combination of drugs' hours after his mother breastfed him, police sayGrand Forks Herald

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