democrat ron widen sits on the senate intelligence committee which questioned putina for eight hours, he thinks she wasn t acting alone. she and alexander tortian. very close to vladimir putin spent years works to worm their way into our political system. they were quite the pair. a passionate young woman from siberia and a veteran russian operator. she s a politician, a banker and according to spanish officials. a money laundering crime boss. in these police surveillance recordings, which were recently shared with the fbi. russian criminals in spain referred to tortian as the godfather. but it was his official work for putin s government that got him sanctioned by the u.s. treasury department. for years, tortian sought to
it was a double bluff. according to the government s case against her, butina was an agent of the russian federation. maria butina did not fly in out of the sky. democrat ron wyden sits on the senate intelligence committee which questioned butina for eight hours. he thinks she wasn t acting alone. she and alexander torshin, a very powerful patron, very close to vladimir putin, spent years working to worm their way into our political system. they were quite the pair, a passionate young woman from siberia and a veteran russian operator. torshin is a politician, a banker, and according to spanish officials, a money laundering crime boss. in these police surveillance recordings which were recently shared with the fbi, russian
maria butina did not fly in out of the sky. democrat ron wyden sits on the senate intelligence committee which questioned butina for eight hours. he thinks she wasn t acting alone. she and alexander torshin, a very powerful patron, very close to vladimir putin, spent years working to worm their way into our political system. they were quite the pair, a passionate young woman from siberia and a veteran russian operator. torshin is a politician, a banker, and according to spanish officials, a money laundering crime boss. in these police surveillance recordings which were recently shared with the fbi, russian criminals in spain refer to torshin as the godfather. but it was his official work for putin s government that got him sanctioned by the u.s. treasury department.