Russia: She had no opportunity to justify her actions - Butina's father *EXCLUSIVE*

Alleged Russian foreign agent Maria Butina's father Valeriy Butin claimed that due to harsh prison conditions his daughter had to plead guilty with no opportunity to justify her actions, in a Skype interview from the Russian city of Barnaul on Friday.
"The conditions of her detention, I think affected [her decision]. If she had an opportunity to prove her innocence and justify all of her actions, meaning to convey the reason behind all of her actions, and if she had this opportunity while being in other conditions, being free, then of course she would have done it for sure," claimed
The 29-year-old Russian graduate student entered the US in August 2016 on a student visa. She was arrested on July 15 for conspiring against the US government and failing to register as a foreign agent.
On Thursday Butina pleaded guilty to charges of taking part in conspiracy to violate US foreign agent laws.
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