Lavrov Urges US Authorities To Stop Persecution Of Russian Citizen Butina

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd August, 2018) Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in phone talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday urged the US authorities to stop immediately the persecution of Russian national Maria Butina, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"The Russian minister called for an immediate end to the persecution of Russian citizen Butina under the far-fetched pretext, and once again drew attention to the situation with Konstantin Yaroshenko, Viktor Bout and other Russians who are kept in US prisons in violation of the procedures stipulated by the bilateral 1999 Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters," the ministry said on its website.