| Notes |
The Bell learned how Russian billionaire Konstantin Nikolaev became the sponsor of the young Russian woman, Maria Butina, arrested in the U.S. on charges of illegal lobbying of Russian interests and attempts to support Donald Trump’s campaign via the National Rifle Association.
https://medium.com/@thebell.io/why-a-russian-billionaire-sponsored-maria-butina-the-alleged-russian-agent-arrested-in-the-u-s-e25c94fa45f8
Promoting gun rights was clearly a deep passion - she founded a group called the Right to Bear Arms and called for the sale of short-barrelled firearms to civilians to be made legal.
This, she argued, was "one of the last wishes of Mikhail Kalashnikov", the inventor of the AK-47 rifle.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44885633 |