A US court has scheduled a new hearing in Russian national Maria Butina's case for December 6, according to a court document published on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 26th October, 2018) A US court has scheduled a new hearing in Russian national Maria Butina's case for December 6, according to a court document published on Friday.
"Status Conference set for December 6, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.," the document said.
Butina, a recent student and a political activist, was arrested in Washington, DC in mid-July on suspicions of acting as an agent for a foreign government. She has denied the accusations.
Butina, who faces up to 15 years in jail, is now being held in a prison in the US city of Alexandria, Virginia.
Russia has strongly criticized the US government for detaining Butina, and has characterized the charges against her as "clearly groundless." The Russian Foreign Ministry has called Butina's ongoing detention unacceptable.
In September, the Russian Embassy in the United States said that the administration of the US jail where Butina was detained had agreed to transfer the prisoner to minimum security conditions.
