The godmother of Zarubina's daughter, Elena Branson, fled the U.S. in 2020, according to the FBI.
A Russian citizen living in New York with close links to a Russian-American spy who fled from the U.S. has been accused by federal investigators of lying to the FBI about her contact with Russian intelligence services, attempting to 'promote Russian interests and influence in the United States.'Nomma Zarubina, 34, was recruited by Russia's FSB federal security service in or around December 2020 and agreed to help the spy agency with 'network marketing' in the U.S.
' She was 'afraid to declassify the whole story,' she said, but insisted her 'motivation was to get and share the most sensitive and vital information with them.'Zarubina separately said in a post to social media on Monday that she was seeing increased media coverage on her arrest, adding: 'I am not hiding or running away.'Russian America for Democracy in Russia, an organization describing itself as a pro-democratic Russian presence in the U.S.
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