broadcasting logic from our studios moscow this is arjun international enchong thomas glad. my russian national maria boots and i has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison in the united states after she pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent her father told r.t. and his family had been expecting a very different outcome. but we weren't prepared for such a rough an unjust court decision maria is a russian citizen and given all these investigations she's been caught up in it all even though the investigation had nothing to do with her nevertheless the u.s. has found a culprit over the past few months she didn't have any complaints about the condition of her confinement unlike before when she was badly treated discriminated against all of them or all in solitary. confinement with walks out of the allowed the two hours a night with oaxaca maria lawyers we all expected a different outcome. but it's hard to say how life will be for maria now the most important thing for us is that she returns home and taking in so countless new. thirty year old