RT News - April 27, 2019 (12:00 MSK)

President Putin slams the 18-month jail sentence of Maria Butina's for failing to register as a foreign agent as an attempt by the US to save face. We speak to her lawyer. French media companies join forces to condemn the country's intelligence service for questioning journalists about a leaked document on arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Controversy's sparked after a district attorney in the US state of Texas stops prosecuting the theft of (whats termed) essential goods that cost less than 750 dollars.