Here's the US Department of Justice statement on Maria Butina, the 29-year-old charged with acting as an agent of Russia in the USA. 
Maria Butina, 29, a Russian citizen was arrested on 15 July 2018 in Washington DC - where she lives - and appeared in court on Monday.
The statement says allegedly she, as early as 2015 and continuing through at least February 2017, worked at the direction of a high-level official in the Russian gov who was previously a member of the legislature of the Russian Federation
This Russian official was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control in April 2018, it says
The filings detail the Russian official's and Butina's efforts for her to act as an agent of Russia inside the US by developing relationships with US persons and infiltrating organisations having influence in American politics, for the purpose of advancing the interests of Russia
One of the agencies Butina is accused of infiltrating is the National Rifle Association (NRA).
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