A Russian woman is arrested as 'using a honey trap to conspire against the United States'

Even though it was declared in 1989 that Mikhail Gorbachev, Former Soviet Communist Party Secretary General and George HW Bush, former president, said "The Cold War has ended", even between the United States and Russia in the 21st century Intelligence warfare under the water is spreading by the spy . Meanwhile, a Russian woman was arrested on July 15, 2018, "The crime of attempting conspiracy against America".

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It is known that there are many women as well as men in spies that intrude foreign intelligence and hostile organizations and perform intelligence activities. Some spies use information on key persons to extract information from key people, some spies steal information from men who have relationships using " Honey trap ", but Maria · Butina, who was arrested this time, It is suspected that he was using the charm for spying activities.

According to the United States Department of Justice , Bhutina, 29, who was arrested at the time of arrest, received a command from the Russian intelligence agency and built relationships with American right-wing organizations and Republican members. An American investigative agency searched Batina's apartment in April 2018 and shows the connection between Russian Federation Safety Agency (FSB) and Butina from electronics such as the confiscated notebook PC and iPhone Contacts of people belonging to domains and FSB were discovered.

Bhutina was taken to conservative groups before and after the 2016 US presidential election and was trying to have connections with organizations related to decision making in the United States. The documents submitted to the court do not seem to have clear group names, but it has been found from Bhutina suspects SNS that they frequently face the events of the National Rifle Association (NRA) I will.

In July 2015, at the town hall meeting conducted by President Trump, we asked "Mr. Trump 's feelings against Russia" and in 2016 meet with Mr. Trump ' s son Donald Trump Jr. at the meeting of NRA Boutina suspects were actively in contact with the person related to the presidential election. I also know that at the NRA meetings I met with Scott Walker , a governor of the state of Wisconsin .

Buteina is also known as an activist appealing the right to possess a gun, and in 2015 he also appeared on American radio programs. Among them, Bhutina suspects, "I was raised in the forest of Siberia and taught me to hunt by my father," he said. Bhutina later moved to Moscow and founded an organization to conduct activities seeking private gun ownership rights.

Bhutina also not only contacts the NRA but also lives with a 56-year-old conservative American male, and it is stated in a document submitted to the court that "he had a personal relationship" It is. Although the personal name was not described in the document, from the description of SNS etc., this "56-year old American male" is presumed to be a conservative activist based in South Dakota state called Mr. Paul Eriksson I will.

Bhutina was arrested by "a crime of plotting conspiracy against the United States" and "a crime not registered as a foreign agent ", and at the time of writing the article was not charged with charges related to spying activities . Foreign agents who conduct activities that become foreign interests in the United States must register with the public by the foreign agent registration law in the United States. In the case of Bhutina suspects, despite not submitting this notification, it seems to be criminalized that he performed activities as a foreign agent.

Although we have not been able to identify who was the Russian government who had given instructions to Bhutina, the US Justice Department is a Russian politician and Vice President of the Russian Federation Central Bank Alexander Torsin He seems to have guessed that he was giving orders. When Butina applied for a student visa in 2016, he said, "I have the experience of being employed as a special assistant to Mr. Torsin."

In addition, Bhutina acquired a student visa in August 2016, entered American college in Washington DC , and has a master's degree in international relations.