A 29-year-old woman accused of being a covert Russian agent was “likely” in contact with operatives of the successor agency to the KGB while she lived in the US.
The claim emerged in court papers filed by prosecutors in Washington in the case of Maria Butina.
Prosecutors claim Butina had contact information for people who were allegedly employees of Russia’s Federal Security Services.
The government is arguing that Butina poses a flight risk and should remain in custody while she awaits trial.
She faces charges of acting as an unregistered agent in the US at the direction of a Kremlin official.
