Introducing Spy Affair

The Fall Line: True Crime

The Fall Line® Podcast, LLC

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A charismatic Russian woman arrives in the US on a mission to improve relations between the two countries, and she soon makes some powerful friends. But who is Maria Butina? And who is she working for? As Maria gets closer to the rich and connected she also attracts the attention of the FBI. In the politically charged world of US-Russia relations, everyone has secrets and almost nothing is what it seems. From Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and Dr. Death comes SPY AFFAIR a story about deception, appearances and betrayal. Hosted by Celia Aniskovich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey listeners, I want to tell you about a new true crime mini-series from Wondry, called
0:06.9	Spy Affair.
0:08.7	In 2016, news of Russian interference in the American presidential election shook the
0:14.8	nation to its core.
0:16.6	Two years later, Maria Bhutina, an alleged Russian operative, sent to America to influence
0:22.4	U.S. politics was arrested on charges of being a foreign agent.
0:27.3	She quickly found herself and the people around her, embroiled in a massive FBI investigation.
0:33.8	Maria would be portrayed as a spy and a woman who strung a web of lies, all focused on
0:39.6	completing her primary mission, influence government officials in positions of power to benefit
0:45.3	her home country.
0:46.7	Russia
0:47.7	Wondry's new mini-series Spy Affair is an inside look at the shocking true story of a woman
0:53.7	who started her time in America with a trip to Disneyland and ended it as a convicted
0:59.5	criminal.
1:00.5	I'm about to play you a brief clip from the show, but while you're listening, make
1:05.0	sure to follow Spy Affair on Apple podcasts, or you can listen early and add free by starting
1:11.4	your free trial of Wondry Plus and the Wondry app.
1:22.5	Las Vegas
1:24.1	Sin City
1:25.4	The Marriage Capital of the World
1:27.7	Home to America's most beloved casinos
1:31.1	And in July 2015, the site of what was billed as the largest libertarian conference in
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