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AP Photo Accused Russian agent Maria Butina was included in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials at the US Federal Reserve and Treasury Department, Reuters reports. The meetings were to discuss discuss US-Russian economic relations during Democratic former President Barack Obama's administration. A judge on Wednesday ordered Butina, 29, jailed until her trial after US prosecutors argued she has ties to Russian intelligence and could flee the United States. Butina has pleaded not guilty to charges she acted as a foreign agent for Russia. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials at the US Federal Reserve and Treasury Department. The meetings, revealed by several people familiar with the sessions and a report from a Washington think tank that arranged them, involved Stanley Fischer, Fed vice chairman at the time, and Nathan Sheets, then Treasury undersecretary for international affairs.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Super-Earths are real and they could be an even better place for life than EarthSee Also:Russia is pushing for Maria Butina to be released and the Russian foreign minister told Mike Pompeo her arrest was 'unacceptable'FBI releases Carter Page surveillance documents, Trump claims his campaign was spied on illegallyWhat Trump and Putin hope to get out of their big Helsinki summit on MondaySEE ALSO: Grand jury indicts Maria Butina, a Russian national with deep ties to the NRA, for conspiracy and acting as a Russian agent SEE ALSO: Russia is pushing for Maria Butina to be released and the Russian foreign minister told Mike Pompeo her arrest was 'unacceptable'

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