Released Agent Butina Is Offered Human Rights Post by Russia

In this photo taken on April 21, 2013, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. AP Photo

MOSCOW—In her first public appearance since being deported by U.S. authorities who had jailed her for being a Russian agent, Maria Butina was offered a job by Moscow to defend Russians imprisoned abroad.

During a Nov. 18 event for the media, Russia’s human rights commissioner, Tatyana Moskalkova, offered Butina, 31, a job working for her commission.