Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday claimed that the arrest of alleged spy Maria Butina is a “political put-up job.”
“According to a statement on the website of the US Justice Department, she is charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of Russia without prior notification,” the foreign ministry’s Twitter account posted.
“It looks as if the FBI, instead of carrying out their responsibility of fighting crime, is implementing a political put-up job set to it by forces that are whipping up anti-Russia hysteria in the US,” a second tweet read.
#Zakharova: It looks as if the FBI, instead of carrying out their responsibility of fighting crime, is implementing a political put-up job set to it by forces that are whipping up anti-Russia hysteria in the US
— MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) July 18, 2018
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Russia calls arrest of NRA-linked Russian woman charged with spying on US a "political put-up job" https://t.co/Ta7LbG6b9u pic.twitter.com/5zDAeCw5ud
— The Hill (@thehill) July 18, 2018
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