A Russian woman charged with attempting to infiltrate the National Rifle Association and other American political groups as a covert agent for the Russian Federation has been moved from the District of Columbia jail to the Alexandria, Virginia, jail, her attorney and jail officials said Saturday.
Maria Butina, 29, was indicted July 17 by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy to act and failing to register as an agent of a foreign government. She pleaded not guilty; her attorney said Butina was merely networking to develop relationships with Americans.
An Alexandria jail spokeswoman declined to say why Butina was…