Maria Butina, the Russian woman charged in federal court last week with acting as an unregistered agent of her government, received financial support from Konstantin Nikolaev, a Russian billionaire with investments in U.S. energy and technology companies, according to a person familiar with testimony she gave Senate investigators.
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Russian billionaire with U.S. investments backed alleged agent Maria Butina, according to a person familiar with her Senate testimony
July 22, 2018 at 9:37 a.m. EDT