Mariya Valeryevna Butina (Russian: Мари́я Валерьевна Бу́тина; born November 10, 1988; sometimes spelled Maria Butina)[4][5][6] is a political activist and alleged Russian agent inside the U.S. She is also the founder of Right to Bear Arms, a Russian gun rights group.[7][8] At one time, she worked for Aleksandr Torshin, a former member of the Federation Council for Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party and deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia, with alleged ties to the Russian mafia.