He noted that Butiina is allowed to use the audio player and listen to music, she can also communicate with her relatives once a week via videoconference.
In prison, according to a lawyer, Butina works in the kitchen.
He added that his client was inspired by the fact that he would soon be able to leave the United States for his homeland.
According to the lawyer, this will happen after October 25th. The defender also reiterated that Butina never worked for the Russian government and was not a spy.
Earlier, the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, said that Butina was reduced to ten days in prison, she will be released on October 25.
Valery Butin, the father of the Russian woman Maria Butina convicted in the United States, in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper said that his daughter practically does not complain about the conditions in the American prison.
On April 26, the court sentenced Butin to 18 months in prison for "conspiring to work illegally for the Russian government."