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| ‘It was very hard to bear’: Maria Butina recalls how US media smeared her on TV & prison guards gathered to watch it | |
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| Shortly after landing in Moscow, Maria Butina was quizzed about her ordeal in US jail. The gun activist said one of the toughest things to do was to watch a smear campaign against her on American TV. | Shortly after landing in Moscow, Maria Butina was quizzed about her ordeal in US jail. The gun activist said one of the toughest things to do was to watch a smear campaign against her on American TV. |
| Butina, who spent more than a year in a US jail- including in solitary confinement - for failing to properly register as a foreign agent, finally landed in Moscow on Saturday. | |
| “At first, they didn’t show me the news at all. I think I just couldn’t have handled it. Especially, in the first days when I was in prison in Washington,” she told RT in a brief exclusive interview while en-route from Sheremetyevo airport. | |
| But it didn’t get any easier when the activist was provided access to the TV. “It was especially frightening, when I was sitting in prison and seeing how they chose the scariest photos of me to air on the news,” she recalled. | |
| During that time, Butina said, the guards “gathered and watched along." The whole situation "was very hard to bear." | |
| Many American outlets parroted unsubstantiated claims that Butina had traded sex for political favors. Government prosecutors later admitted that this was not the case – but news networks made little effort to correct their egregious smears. | Many American outlets parroted unsubstantiated claims that Butina had traded sex for political favors. Government prosecutors later admitted that this was not the case – but news networks made little effort to correct their egregious smears. |
| "Everybody hated me there [in the US]," Butina said. | "Everybody hated me there [in the US]," Butina said. |
| One of the things that gave her strength, she recalled, was news of support that was brought by Russian diplomats. They were “a breath of fresh air amidst the horrors.” | One of the things that gave her strength, she recalled, was news of support that was brought by Russian diplomats. They were “a breath of fresh air amidst the horrors.” |
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