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Convicted Russian agent Maria Butina was released on Friday, October 25 from a low security prison in Tallahassee, Florida after serving the bulk of an 18-month sentence.The previous day, Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly Antonov, had announced via Facebook that Butina was set to be released and would arrive in Moscow Saturday, October 26.Tatyana Moskalkova, Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights, said she hoped the public and governmental pressure that helped secure Butina’s release would likewise secure the return home of all of our fellow citizens who are in trouble abroad."Moskalkova has also called for Russian citizens Viktor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko to be released from U.S. custody.Bout is currently serving 25 years for conspiring to sell weapons to a foreign terrorist group
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