Wife of Former N.R.A. President Tapped Accused Russian Agent in Pursuit of Jet Fuel Payday

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wife-of-former-nra-president-tapped-accused-russian-agent-in-pursuit-of-jet-fuel-payday/ar-BBMMesr?li=BBnb7Kz

WASHINGTON — For the young Russian gun rights activist studying in the United States, it would have been an unimaginably rich payday: $1 million to help broker the sale of Russian jet fuel to an American middleman. All she had to do was secure the fuel.

So the activist, Maria Butina, whom American prosecutors now accuse of being a covert Russian agent, reached out to contacts in her homeland — and turned on the charm. In a July 2017 email, she told one man that his passport photo was “a handsome one.”

The following month, she told another Russian contact that she had labeled him in her phone as “the lovely Shakhov.” Every time he called, she was notified that “‘the lovely Shakov is calling you,’” Ms. Butina wrote. “Good feelings.”

LOL

[Wellstone ruled]

1. You just can not make this stuff up.

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2. It is the wild wild west on a global scale. nt

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3. Most GOPers do not have a clue as what this story is about.

Or what this really means.

[AnnieBW]

4. Jesus H. Christ!

Is there any Republicon out there who isn't up to their necks in shit?

[Leghorn21]

5. ...and Foreign Minister Lavrov demanded she be released:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/21/russia-maria-butina-alleged-spy-mike-pompeo-sergei-lavrov

Fuck you, Lavrov
And your little lapdog Pompeo

[Pachamama]

6. Wow....the whole story and connections are getting crazier by the day....

[Scurrilous]

7. K&R