Accused Russian Agent Met With Top US Federal Reserve Official New reports show 29-year-old Maria Butina attended meetings with top U.S.
government officials. Butina met with Stanley Fischer, the vice chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, back in 2015. Butina was there as an interpreter for her patron, Alexander Torshin, who was then deputy governor of Russia’s central bank. Torshin has since been hit by U.S. Treasury sanctions for being part of the Russian elite involved in
“destabilizing activities,” Butina, who was arrested last week, has been accused of trying to set up back-channel relationships with Republican politicians through the N.R.A.
