Russian Lawmaker Calls Butina Case In US 'Modern Political Inquisition'

The case of Russian national Maria Butina in the United States is an example of "political inquisition" with fabricated charges, chairman of the Russian lower house's international affairs committee Leonid Slutsky said Thursday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 13th December, 2018) The case of Russian national Maria Butina in the United States is an example of "political inquisition" with fabricated charges, chairman of the Russian lower house's international affairs committee Leonid Slutsky said Thursday.

"The vaunted American justice in Butina's case is an example of modern political inquisition.

All charges were fabricated, the entire process is clearly politicized, starting with the fact that she was detained on the eve of the meeting of the Russian and US presidents in Helsinki, and it was hardly a coincidence," Slutsky told reporters.

He said Russia should still seek Butina's return from the United States.

On Thursday morning, Butina pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to act as a foreign agent and will now await her sentencing.