Russian student Maria Butina was arrested in Washington in July 2018, accused of working as a foreign agent in the U.S. without registration. One and a half years in prison, four months in solitary confinement and torture, more than 50 hours of interrogations in a concrete bunker, and 1,200 pages of encrypted prison diary entries she managed to smuggle out to Russia after her release. So who is Maria Butina really—criminal or victim? How did she survive extreme prison conditions, and even while in a foreign country? What saved Maria in solitary confinement? How did she see the inmates of the U.S., how did she win their trust, and even obtain their support? After her release, Maria published her diary, which became a bestseller. Five years have passed since then. Interest in it hasn’t faded, but Maria’s life has changed dramatically. In this new edition, she will also tell about her work in the State Duma, her activities to help fellow countrymen caught in difficult situations, the transformation of the book into a stage production, the fate of the main characters of her story, and the important meetings she had at home.