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What is Maria Butina doing now in Russia after her release from a US prison?

Global Politics

After being deported from the United States, Maria Butina is now a member of parliament in Russia’s Duma. She’s become a public persona, often appearing on Russian state TV, and has been active on social media, advertising multiple initiatives, including encouraging foreigners to move to Russia.

Wall Street Journal reporter sentenced to 16-year prison term in Russia

Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev, on December 22, 2014.

Russia’s ‘incompetent’ spies get nabbed in New York, but here’s why it doesn’t matter

Conflict
Demonstrators gathered for a rally for American detainee Alan Gross in Washington, DC, during December 2013.

After five years in a Cuban jail, an American contractor is ‘literally wasting away’

Justice
The fictional film TRUE LIES featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis bears an uncanny resemblance to a real case of some British police officers who stand accused of deceiving and having sexual relationiships with women while working undercov

Here’s what happens when a spy sleeps with his targets

Justice
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Security officers stand outside the U.S. Embassy in Berlin July 10, 2014. Germany asked the top U.S. intelligence official at the Berlin embassy on Thursday to leave the country, a highly unusual step reflecting the deep anger within Angela Merkel's gover

Spying on friends doesn’t necessarily make them enemies

Global Politics

Germany says it has uncovered American spies, and Chancellor Angela Merkel is “unamused.” But even after the Germans ordered the removal of a CIA official in Berlin, the flap is unlikely to change much in the US-German relationship.Germany says it has uncovered American spies, and Chancellor Angela Merkel is “unamused.” But even after the Germans ordered the removal of a CIA official in Berlin, the flap is unlikely to change much in the US-German relationship.

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