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Spy Affair

Wondery

Patrick Byrne, Russia, Celia Aniskovich, Republican, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, News, Politics, Maria Butina, Overstock.com, Documentary, Putin, True Crime

4.1 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Graduate student. Gun enthusiast. Political activist. There are several sides to this mysterious Russian woman who arrives in America. But soon, her connections with powerful politicians and wealthy businessmen will begin to raise suspicions.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can binge all six episodes of Spy Affair.
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0:16.0	Las Vegas, Sin City, the marriage capital of the world.
0:21.0	Home to America's most beloved casinos.
0:24.0	And in July 2015, the site of what was built
0:29.0	as the largest libertarian conference in the country.
0:32.0	Freedom Fest.
0:34.0	Thousands of business leaders, politicians, journalists, activists,
0:38.0	finance bros flocked to Planet Hollywood Hotel.
0:42.0	Among them was Maria Bhutina.
0:45.0	Maria was from Russia, and she was there with her American boyfriend, Paul Erickson.
0:51.0	A long time conservative campaigner.
0:54.0	There was his idea to go there.
0:56.0	He showed me the American political world.
1:00.0	Paul was my guide in this world.
1:02.0	So he brought me to the Freedom Fest.
1:04.0	There was one last minute addition to the speakers list,
1:07.0	who was getting a lot of attention that year.
1:09.0	And suddenly I start seeing that people are moving in.
1:12.0	So they're coming in and it's like people like bees.
1:16.0	You know, they're like starting buzzing there.
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