‘I did not give up because I simply could not do that, thanks to all who helped me’: Butina speaks upon arrival in Moscow

‘I did not give up because I simply could not do that, thanks to all who helped me’: Butina speaks upon arrival in Moscow

Maria Butina, a Russian gun activist who spent months in a US jail for failing to properly register as a foreign agent, has landed in Moscow. Her case sparked outcry in Russia and accusations of “prosecutorial overreach.” She has arrived in Sheremetyevo airport after a long flight from Miami, Florida on Saturday.