The HRC called the detention of Butina in the United States a violation of human rights

"We believe that the accusation of the activist of the Russian non-governmental organization Right to Arms, which was engaged in establishing contacts between Russia and the United States through civil society, is an obvious violation of human rights and pressure on NGOs," the head of the HRC Mikhail Fedotov said in a statement. The US Civil Rights Commission.

He noted that the prosecution's request to put Butina under arrest "also seems excessive."

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, noted the unacceptability of the actions of the US authorities against the Russian Maria Butina.