Russian Agent Maria Butina Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

Russian agent Maria Butina was sentenced Friday to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy against the U.S.Butina, 30, was charged last summer with acting on behalf of the Russian government before and after the 2016 presidential election and failing to register as a foreign agent. She was arrested on July 16 and has spent the better part of the last year in jail in Alexandria, Va.As a grad student at American University in Washington, D.C. Butina est