It would seem that we need to wait and see if she’s been spying, or not.
KGB Certified 2nd Amendment protector.
Before we decide what to call her it might be helpful to have a fuller idea of what she did when she was doing whatever it was. If she were a conduit for large amounts of money clandestinely passed to U.S. politicians using the NRA as a front, that would matter. Also she presented herself first as a student and then also as a representative of a Russian gun rights group. To be open about her connections to home would be an expression of seeming innocence, not necessarily a sign of a sloppy amateur. I’ve read that this kind of influence effort is very common in Russian intelligence work—more the rule than the exception. And she’s known to have weapons training. Where an amateur would get that is a good question.
Just another “third-rate burglary”. Nothing to see here, move along…
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What do you call a spy named Maria? A spy.
The spy Mariia Butina and her Russian handler, Alexander Torshin:
Just call her pro Trump.
MAGA Hari?
I call her “apprehended.” I like operatives who don’t get apprehended.
Wormtongue…
Or however the fuck you write it in Cyrillic…
An operative using poisoned words to help create dissent all the while passing on any juicy tidbits that might arise…
Edit: Forgot to mention that she likely knew how to use her tongue as well…
Clickbait…
I call her Toast.
A witch?
That has been hunted and captured; and who was part of a big hoax.
An NRA booty call?
Which witch is which?
How about Russian Hooker…she’s got a few private sex tapes waiting for the right day to expose her daddy’s…NRA Execs and Jeff Sessions.
Not to mention a former “furniture store owner”…
I believe fellow practitioners of Ms. Butina’s craft prefer the term sex workers.
Among her other duties (which were paid for via tuition, room, and board at American U, if not salary) was the evaluation and grooming of Americans for Russian influence and kompromat. That’s some kinda spyin. Don’t overthink it. Were the countries reversed the Russians would call it spying.