emptywheel

In Russian it has got slightly different meaning, but she obviously did not want to use more correct words like "agent" or "operative"

"Informant" in Russian got closer meaning to "confidential informant" CI as used in police, but given that she was "informing" whilst being abroad that makes her a spy

She was describing providing info to the prosecutor that they would use to deny US legal request (which we do all the time on the equivalent RU requests for Browder's arrest), no?

What it means is that she lied in the past claiming she did not work for the Russian Govt, she had to say it because of reports that emails to that effect were found, so she tried to label it as "informant" - did not work out as she expected

Uh, what scrap of proof was there that she was working for the RU govt? Is there some secret transcript of the interview that provides any?

She admitted to being an informant of the Russian Govt, that's work and when it's done abroad it's called spying

1) It wasn't done abroad. 2) It was done on behalf of a client who was paying her. I'm really genuinely confused about where people are getting this material that did not appear in MSNBC's piece.

1) It was done in USA, which is "abroad" for her 2) Yes she got paid - that's why she worked for Russian Govt This work in the USA is classed as spying and I hope she will go to jail for it, even though more likely Putin will "cut the loose ends"