In July 2015, she also attended the launch of Walker’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Maria Butina, it is referred to as “POLITICAL PARTY 1.”Īt the 2014 NRA annual meeting, she posed for photos with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former US Senator and 2016 presidential candidate Rick Santorum.Īt the 2015 NRA annual meeting, she met Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. In a supporting affidavit to the government’s support for pre-trial detention following her indictment in United States of America v. She has made an effort to establish ties with conservative American politics.Īccording to the FBI, she was successful in establishing ties to the Republican Party. She has attended several NRA conventions so far. Torshin and Butina forged a relationship between the NRA and Right to Bear Arms.īutina and Torshin were special guests of former NRA president David Keene at the 2014 NRA annual meeting.Īs a guest of former NRA president Sandy Froman, she attended the Women’s Leadership Luncheon at the 2014 meeting.īutina and Torshin also attended the 2015 National Rifle Association annual convention. Maria Butina is a businesswoman and a political activist. Her eyes are gray, and her hair is brown. Her height, weight, and body measurements are not currently available. There is currently no other information available about her affair. They began dating and later moved in together.
In 2013, she met Republican political operative Paul Erickson in Russia. In 2018, she earned a master’s degree in international relations from American University in Washington, D.C. She received her bachelor’s degree in political science from Altai State University in Barnaul.