“I think that we should congratulate Maria Butina, her parents and relatives. We are all glad that she is back in her native land. I understand that this was a political reprisal against Maria Butina. For the future, we will have a lesson for all that American justice works selectively: when necessary, it applies the highest scale of punishment, and when it is not beneficial for them, they do not notice something. I am very glad that she returned, ”said Dzhabarov.
The senator expressed hope that in the future relations between Russia and the United States will never be "clouded by such incidents."
Butina flew to Moscow earlier.
On board the plane, the Russian woman gave a joint interview with RT and Sputnik, noting that she was waiting for her to be in her native land.
The documents on the release were signed by Butina on October 24th.