CNN: Embassy officials that visited Russian gun activist Maria Butina in US jail on Thursday said that the 29-year-old, who has been in custody for over two weeks, was allowed to make calls, was being denied the help of a dentist. Thursday marks 19 days since Butina, charged with acting as an agent of the Russian government without notifying the US Attorney General, has been held behind bars without bail. Since her arrest in Washington, representatives of the Russian embassy in the US have kept in touch with the woman, visiting her several times, the latest on Thursday. The embassy said that prison administration has now finally allowed the jailed activist to make phone calls, but could not put her in touch with her parents, citing unspecified “technical issues.”
Maria, who is generally in “good health,” has requested the help of a dentist, the embassy said, but the requests are being ignored.