'It's an outrage': Putin attacks 18-month prison term for Maria Butina

Russian president says sentence an attempt by US to ‘save face’
Butina guilty of conspiring to infiltrate US conservative circles

Vladimir Putin on Saturday described as “an outrage” the sentencing of Russian gun rights activist Maria Butina to 18 months in prison in the US, calling her treatment a travesty of justice.

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