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Russian Plot to infiltrate GOP

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MOSCOW (AP) — As Siberian gun rights activist Maria Butina faces a hearing in Washington, here is a look at the unusual path that led to her arrest.

She’s accused of working as an undeclared foreign agent, based on FBI suspicions that she and patron Alexander Torshin sought to infiltrate the NRA and build a long-term influence campaign with the American right. She has pleaded not guilty.

2001

Torshin is elected to serve in Russia’s upper house of parliament, the Federation Council. He makes his first contact with the NRA.

2011

Butina moves to Moscow, funded by an oligarch couple, and forms gun rights group Right to Bear Arms. Torshin and Butina meet at Moscow gun rally.

2012

Torshin presents draft bill on liberalizing gun sales, crafted in part by Butina. It fails miserably, lacking support from President Vladimir Putin.

Torshin attends NRA convention in St. Louis, and goes to Nashville to observe the 2012 U.S. presidential election.

2013

Torshin attends NRA convention in Houston in May. Three months later, Spanish police try and fail to arrest Torshin for alleged connections to organized crime; Torshin denies wrongdoing.

In October, an NRA delegation including then-chief David Keene visits Russia for a conference organized by Butina’s group Right to Bear Arms. Butina meets Torshin’s NRA contacts.

2014

Butina goes to the U.S. for the first time, and she and Torshin attend an NRA convention in Indianapolis. She resigns as leader of Right to Bear Arms.

2015

Torshin leaves parliament to become deputy governor of Russia’s Central Bank; Butina becomes his assistant.

Butina and Torshin attend an NRA convention in Nashville; Torshin says he met Donald Trump there. Butina questions Trump at Freedomfest gun show in Las Vegas.

NRA delegation visits Moscow on Butina’s invitation, meets Torshin, oligarchs, top officials.

2016

Butina and Torshin attend National Prayer Breakfast, and Torshin attends NRA convention in Louisville where he says he met Donald Trump Jr.

Butina starts masters program at AU. She and Torshin exchange messages about contacts with Russian intelligence, and a “back channel” to U.S. right wing, according to the FBI.

2017

Butina, in Washington, joins celebrations of Trump’s inauguration. She and Torshin attend National Prayer Breakfast.

2018

Senate questions Butina in April, and her apartment is searched by FBI. Torshin is hit with US sanctions. Butina is arrested July 15.

source: yahoo.com

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Comments 5

  1. K says:
    3 years ago

    Follow the $, it probably leads directly back to Soros, HRC & even the Hussein Obama administration. All this was going on under Hussein’s reign of terror.

    Reply
  2. Stuart says:
    3 years ago

    If this is conservative Buzz..then I’m a black man..

    Reply
  3. Phyllis Warren says:
    3 years ago

    Peace, love and Hope !

    Reply
  4. Dale says:
    3 years ago

    Four questions. (A) Why is the NRA getting cozy with the freakin’ Russians? I hope they aren’t planning on changing the R in NRA from rifle to Russia.
    (B) So this is what that little twerp David Hogg was talking about in his speech in Canada?
    (C) Why is Conservative Buzz relying on Yahoo.com for their source?
    (D) Aren’t they a liberal newsgroup?

    Reply
  5. Trandafir says:
    3 years ago

    The red plague wanth a wor with Russia sick idiots but the khazarian mafia looks for it.Itis the only exit for them.

    Reply

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