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?

Interview states that based on the email she edited the response provided by the Russian government to a US questionnaire (authorized by a US court) re: her client. The point is she/RU gov't were to be independent of each other and they weren't.

No Q, based on emails, that she advised the Prosecutor General on RU govt's response to USG request for coop in obtaining documents potentially harmful to *her client* in a U.S. criminal prosecution. That undoubtedly crossed some lines, at least in terms of U.S. practice.+

The U.S. case in which she was involved was politically sensitive for the Russians. So maybe not a total surprise they'd be guided by someone known to and trusted by them, who was on the spot in the courtroom.+