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| Lavrov urges immediate release of Russian woman jailed in US on 'fabricated charges' |
| 2018-07-22 |
[PRESSTV] Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected "fabricated charges" against a Russian woman nabbedDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in the United States on accusations of acting as a government agent, saying she should be freed immediately. In a phone call to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday, Lavrov said the arrest of Maria Butina, a gun enthusiast, on espionage charges was "unacceptable," Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a blurb on Monday that Butina had been charged "with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General," through establishing relationships and infiltrating organizations that had influence in US politics. The DOJ alleged that Butina, 29, who studied at American University in Washington and is a founder of the pro-gun Russian advocacy group Right to Bear Arms, had acted with "the purpose of advancing the interests of the Russian Federation" at the direction of a "high-level" Russian official, who was not named in reports. A US judge on Wednesday ordered Butina to be tossed in the clink ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... until her trial. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 TW: SMR: Slavic Master Race. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-07-22 23:44 |
| #7 Magpie: They expressed their anger by as recently as 2015 giving billions of dollars to Iran, a large fraction of which probably ended up in... Russia? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-07-22 23:43 |
| #6 There are more Hard Left-Wingers mad at Russia for being Apostates and betraying the Grand Socialist Crusadeâ„¢ than Right-Wing Xenophobes hating Russians 'cuz they're Rooskies. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-07-22 21:31 |
| #5 *Breaking News* The Commie Hating MCCarthyites in the Republican Party are largely ... deceased. Or they popped a champagne bottle when the Berlin Wall fell because -- We Won. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-07-22 21:29 |
| #4 I’m not sure what SMR means, but I am sure that the Democrats chose this approach on the assumption that Republicans have a visceral hatred/fear of Russia, and would therefore be galvanized to turn against President Trump. Given all the doubling down since the original accusations were released to the media, they must still be convinced of this despite evidence to the contrary. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-22 17:16 |
| #3 I'm weary of these chicken____ chicken____ers who never encountered a single ally they didn't sell out in one way or another to the Russians suddenly being Born Again Nationalist Patriots because a bunch of SMR shitposted to facebook. Just going back four years... they let Russia have Ukraine, then turned around and paid them through Iran to bomb Syria into submission... but horrors, someone might read mind-reprogramming byte strings created by the evil genius SMR. This isn't really about the Russians. It's using the Russians for purposes of establishing domestic censorship. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-07-22 10:28 |
| #2 She's guilty as hell - a NRA member! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-07-22 01:10 |
| #1 Of course, USGOV does about nothing for most US citizens jailed overseas, so what does Lavrov expect? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-07-22 00:54 |