Russian agent Butina begs U.S. judge for mercy, gets 18 months in prison

Admitted Russian agent Maria Butina was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Friday after the Siberia native, her voice breaking with emotion, begged a judge for mercy and expressed remorse for conspiring with a Russian official to infiltrate a gun rights group and influence U.S. conservative activists and Republicans.

from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2Wf1XuB