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Russian State Duma former deputy, and honorary member of the movement "The Right to Arms" Roman Khudyakov addresses a press conference in Moscow on July 31, 2018, following the arrest on July 15 of a Russian gun rights enthusiast on espionage charges in the United States. - US prosecutors say Maria Butina, 29, exploited her close links with the powerful NRA gun lobby while posing as a visiting graduate student to endear herself with senior Republicans, guided by one of Russian President's major political supporters. She was charged in Washington of acting illegally as an unregistered agent for the Russian government while she lived in Washington over the past three years with her boyfriend, a veteran Republican operative. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP) (Photo credit should read VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP via Getty Images)