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In this Sunday, April 22, 2012, file photo, Maria Butina, a gun-rights activist, poses for a photo at a shooting range in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Ptitsin, File)

Maria Butina seeks swift return to Russia as sentencing nears in foreign agent case

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this April 21, 2013, file photo, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/File)

Sentencing set for Russian agent Maria Butina

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this April 21, 2013, file photo, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/File)

Judge sets April sentencing in Russian secret agent case

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this April 21, 2013, file photo, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/File)

Judge delays sentencing for Russian agent Maria Butina over ongoing cooperation with investigators

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, Maria Butina walks with Alexander Torshin then a member of the Russian upper house of parliament in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Ptitsin)

Senate panel probing meetings between Russians and Obama economic officials

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this May 25, 2003, photo, Paul Erickson, a Vermillion native, poses for a photo. The American political operative, Erickson, linked to admitted Russian covert agent Maria Butina was accused this week of fraud. Erickson pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, to 11 counts of wire fraud and money laundering in business schemes that stretched from 1996 through August 2018, according to federal prosecutors in South Dakota. (Lloyd B. Cunningham/The Argus Leader via AP)

Indicted political operative popped up in unlikely places

By JAMES NORD and DAVE KOLPACK - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin aims a sniper rifle during a visit to the Patriot military exhibition center outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Putin chaired a meeting that focused on new arms programs. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Paul Whelan Russia arrest designed to divide Americans, ex-CIA official says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this courtroom sketch, Maria Butina, left, is shown next to her attorney Robert Driscoll, before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, during a court hearing at the U.S. District Court in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. Maria Butina, a Russian accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government, has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in federal court in Washington. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Putin disputes Maria Butina’s guilty plea as DOJ seeks Russian’s silence, cooperation

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this courtroom sketch, Maria Butina, left, is shown next to her attorney Robert Driscoll, before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, during a court hearing at the U.S. District Court in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. Maria Butina, a Russian accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government, has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in federal court in Washington. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Russian officials reject Maria Butina’s guilty plea as coerced, groundless

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 21, 2013 file photo, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. Prosecutors say they have “resolved” a case against Butina accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government, a sign that she likely has taken a plea deal. The information was included in a court filing Monday. (AP Photo/File)

In plea deal, Russian woman admits to being a secret agent

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Robert Driscoll, Maria Butina's attorney, leaves U.S. District Court in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. Maria Butina, a Russian accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government, has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Latest: Accused Russian secret agent makes plea deal

Associated Press

In this April 21, 2013, file photo, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. Prosecutors say they have “resolved” a case against Butina accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government, a sign that she likely has taken a plea deal. The information was included in a court filing Monday. (AP Photo/File)

Maria Butina pleads guilty, says she conspired to infiltrate U.S. political groups

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks at a monument to the Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Solzhenitsyn, whose books exposed the horrors of Soviet prison camps, died in 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Russia: Putin says he only heard of alleged spy after arrest

Associated Press

In this April 21, 2013, file photo, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. Prosecutors say they have “resolved” a case against Butina accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government, a sign that she likely has taken a plea deal. The information was included in a court filing Monday. (AP Photo/File)

Maria Butina plea deal includes cooperating with feds

By Mchael Balsamo - Associated Press

In this April 21, 2013, file photo, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. Prosecutors say they have “resolved” a case against Butina accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government, a sign that she likely has taken a plea deal. The information was included in a court filing Monday. (AP Photo/File)

Maria Butina requests to change plea, appears to have reached deal

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 21, 2013 file photo, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. Prosecutors say they have “resolved” a case against Butina accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government, a sign that she likely has taken a plea deal. The information was included in a court filing Monday. (AP Photo/File)

In possible plea deal, accused Russian agent case ‘resolved’

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this Sunday, April 22, 2012, file photo, Maria Butina, a gun-rights activist, poses for a photo at a shooting range in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Ptitsin, File)

Maria Butina denied release from solitary, prompting plea from Moscow in alleged Russian agent case

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 21, 2013, file photo, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. Butina, accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government appears to be coming closer to a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors or other resolution of her criminal case. (AP Photo)

Woman accused of being Russian spy could be near a plea deal

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this Sunday, April 21, 2013, file photo, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/File)

Maria Butina, alleged Russian agent, asks U.S. court to intervene over ‘arbitrary’ punishment

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - This July 18, 2018, file courtroom sketch depicts Maria Butina, listening to Assistant U.S. Attorney Erik Kenerson as he speaks to Judge Deborah Robinson, left, during a hearing in federal court in Washington. New court papers reveal that Butina, accused of being a Russian agent, is in negotiations with federal prosecutors about a &quot;potential resolution&quot; to her case. It's the first acknowledgement that Maria Butina is potentially working on a plea deal or some other conclusion to her criminal case. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

US negotiating possible “resolution” in Russian agent case

By CHAD DAY - Associated Press