Russian President Vladimir Putin denied that he and his intelligence chiefs knew anything about alleged Russian agent Maria Butina, who has been held in an American jail since July.
“She risks 15 years in jail. For what?” Putin asked, according to Reuters. “I asked all the heads of our intelligence services what is going on. Nobody knows anything about her.”
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