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Maria Butina Was In Contact With Russian Intelligence, Feds Say In New Documents

A Russian woman charged this week with serving as an unregistered agent also "offered sex" in exchange for a job in an organization she targeted, prosecutors allege.

Updated at 12:37 p.m. ET

A Russian woman charged this week with serving as a foreign agent has been in regular contact with Russian intelligence, the Justice Department says, and she attempted to offer sex in exchange for a position with an organization she targeted.

Prosecutors included that information in court documents as part of their request that Maria Butina be detained ahead of her trial because they say she

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