American prosecutors recommended the sentence of the Russian Maria Butina to fifteen years imprisonment, according to the court documents.

"The Prosecutor respectfully advises to Butino sentence to the sentence of 18 months and expressed the hope that the court will perform the requested judicial councils ", - reported there.

Butino tied in 2018. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to illegal work for the government of the Russian Federation.

A citizen of Russia made a deal with the investigation and did not want from the trial. If She hadn't pleaded guilty, she was threatened with years of imprisonment.

The defense and prosecution before he made the offer to deport Butino on the day of sentencing, April 26. She is a Citizen of Russia agreed with this.

before the verdict was delayed because the prosecution wanted to exhaust the possibilities for cooperation with Russia. According to media reports, Butina once I called for questioning the staff of spectracolor Robert Mueller, however, It did not occupy a prominent space in his investigation.

Mueller then confirmed the attacks against Russia meddling in the US elections in 2016, but did not find evidence of an alleged conspiracy between the headquarters of Donald trump and Russia. Case under the criminal code against Butynol has no formal connection with the investigation of Muller. Moscow denies her alleged " interference ".



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