Alexandra Bruce – Maria Butina is a Libertarian gun rights activist from Russia who had come to the US, she says, to foster good relations between her country and the US, meeting with the National Rifle Association and other conservative groups. During this time, she had a romantic affair with cryptocurrency enthusiast and Overstock.com Founder/CEO Patrick Byrne.

In July 2018, she was arrested by the FBI at her apartment in Washington, DC as part of Robert Mueller’s “Russian Collusion” Investigation. After weeks of interrogation, she was convicted last December of being an unregistered foreign agent, pleading guilty to the felony charge of conspiracy to influence a gun rights group in the United States.

She served 4 months in solitary confinement and a total of 15 months in Federal lock-up before being released three days ago and deported to Moscow, where she was interviewed by Russia Today, here. Continue reading →