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[....] was sentenced on

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 00:10:25 +0000

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[....] was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in prison for serving as an unregistered Russian agent in the United States.

The student, Maria Butina, 30, pleaded guilty late last year to working on the Russian government’s behalf in the United States from 2015 to 2017 without registering with the Justice Department, as required [....]

Judge Chutkan accepted the prosecutors’ sentencing recommendation, calling Ms. Butina’s conduct “a threat to our country’s democratic institutions.”

“This was no simple misunderstanding by an overeager foreign student,” she said. “The conduct was sophisticated and penetrated deep into political organizations.” [....]

--NYTimes.com, April 26

Reminder: Russians play both

artappraiser — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 23:45:40 +0000

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Reminder: Russians play both sides.

"Russian actors organized both anti-Islam and pro-Islam protests in the same location at the same time on May 21, 2016, using separate Facebook pages operated from a so-called troll farm in St. Petersburg".https://t.co/GD8Pl2JW3K
— Angel (@ABEAUBE) December 13, 2018

meanwhile, tomorrow

artappraiser — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:52:51 +0000

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meanwhile, tomorrow

Gen. Scaparotti slated to meet with Russian Gen. Gerasimov, the head of Russian armed forces, on Dec. 12. Could be first time since Sea of Azov incident US/NATO and Russian military leaders have met at such a high level. https://t.co/ZjQSuNjKyn
— paul mcleary (@paulmcleary) December 11, 2018

more nuance:

artappraiser — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:44:10 +0000

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more nuance:

Again, scores of Russians get into trouble abroad and the Russian authorities just toss them away. But Putin admits he asked the services about Maria Butina and talks about her on TV. Why? What does she know? https://t.co/TejPzk9Y1L
— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) December 11, 2018

Translation: don't come home.

artappraiser — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:36:28 +0000

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Translation: don't come home. https://t.co/39MXdcnzWo
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 11, 2018