BREAKING: Maria Butina sentenced to 18 months in prison.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan gave Butina credit for nine months of time served. The judge ordered her deported as soon as her time is up.NBC News appButina addressed the court and insisted she wasn't working as a spy, and only wanted to mend Russia-U.S. relations.
Butina, in December 2015, helped orchestrate a trip by NRA members to Moscow where they met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, court papers say. "Maria's cooperation has been full, transparent and complete. Yet, what makes her case especially noteworthy is that, as a young Russian national who has accepted that deportation will be part of the resolution of her case, Maria has willingly cooperated with the United States despite the geopolitical tension between the two countries," the memo reads.
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