Russian Human Rights
Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said that she is not satisfied with the
judgement imposed on Butina.
KHANTY-MANSIYSK, June
14. /TASS/. Negotiations on convicted Russian citizen Maria Butina’s transfer
from the US to Russia may start soon, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana
Moskalkova told TASS on Friday, citing Maria’s father, Valery Butin.
"Her lawyer and
father [Valery Butin], with whom I maintain contact, say that the imprisonment
conditions are rather satisfactory. They expect that the procedure for her
possible transfer to Russia will be launched in the near future,"
Moskalkova said in response to the question on whether she asked about the
current conditions of Butina’s imprisonment in the US.
She added that she is
not satisfied with the judgement imposed on Butina. "After Butina had made
a plea deal, she was given minor sentence. However, I am personally
dissatisfied with the fact that [the court] did not limit itself to the
actually served sentence," the human rights commissioner noted.
Butina was arrested
in Washington on July 15, 2018, ahead of a meeting between Russian President
Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Helsinki. The 30-year-old
Russian was charged with collusion for conducting activity on US territory to
benefit the Russian government. In addition, the American intelligence service
state that the Russian conducted this activity without being registered with
the US Department of Justice as an agent of a foreign state. Moscow denounced
the charges brought against Butina as fabricated and demanded that she be
released from custody. On April 26, the Russian was sentenced to 1.5 years of
imprisonment.
Source: ITAR-TASS
15-06-2019