![April 10, 2015: Butina, Torshin and Keene meet fut and Wisconsin governor Scott Walker during an event in Tennessee. Republican presidential candidate OURAM ERICAN REVIVAL July 11, 2015: Maria Butina attends Trump Freedom Fest rally in Las Vegas and poses a question to the Republican candidate: "I'm from Russia. My question will be about foreign politics. If you will be elected as president, what will be your foreign politics, especially in the relationships with my country? Do you want to continue the policy of sanctions that are damaging both economies? Or [do you] have any other ideas?"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/393/590/76b.jpg "Russia, NRA, and the Republican Party")
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Russia, NRA, and the Republican Party
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![of the influence operation. 18. On or about March 24, 2015, BUTINA emailed U.S. Person 1 with the subject line of The Second Pozner.". The body of this email also contained a project proposal. BUTINA noted to U.S. Person 1 in the email that she was sending the "Google Translator text. Maybe I could translate it myself but it would take at least a day because the text is very specific." She went on to note that she "will be happy to answer to any your questions [sic] and follow your recommendations before a [sic] finally send it." The first line of the proposal reads, "Project Description 'Diplomacy." It goes on to state that a major U.S. political party [hereinafter I believe that this statement likely refers to Vladimir Pozner, a propagandist who served in the disinformation department of the Soviet KGB and who often appeared on Western television to explain the views of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. "POLITICAL PARTY 1"], would likely obtain control over the U.S. government after the 2016 elections; that POLITICAL PARTY I is "traditionally associated with negative and aggressive foreign policy, particularly with regards to Russia. However, now with the right to negotiate seems best to build konstruktivnyh [sic] relations;" and that "[oJentral place and influence in th [POLITICAL PARTY 1] plays the [GUN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION]. The [GUN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION] [is] the largest sponsor of the elections to the US congress, as well as a sponsor of The CPAC conference and other events. 19. The March 24, 2015 email further highlighted BUTINA's relationship with the GUN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION's leadership, including her attendance at events in the United States](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/393/589/987.jpg "Republican Party and the NRA")
