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Children of Russian spy couple discover nationality after prisoner swap with West

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A Russian couple, who were serving prison sentences for espionage, and their two children were released as part of a multi-country prisoner swap deal. The children, Sofia and Daniel, were unaware of their parents' true identities as Russian intelligence agents until they boarded a flight to Moscow, where they were reunited with their parents. The Kremlin has stated that the children did not know they were Russian until after the flight took off. Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the released prisoners, including the Dultsev family, will be nominated for state awards.

  1. Robert Golob
    European Commission
    1. Slovenia has thrived in historical times. With this, Slovenia once again proved that the power we have on the international scene is significantly greater than our size.
  2. RU
    Vladimir Putin
    Krem­lin
    1. Your country never forgot about you, even for a minute.
    2. You and I will meet again some time later, and we will talk about your future.
  3. RU
    Dmitry Peskov
    Krem­lin
    1. And you probably saw that when the children came down the plane's steps that they don't speak Russian and that [President Vladimir] Putin greeted them in Spanish. He said, 'Buenas noches.'
    2. This is how the 'illegals' work. They make such sacrifices out of dedication to their work.
    3. The children asked their parents yesterday who it was that was meeting them [in Moscow]. They didn't even know who Putin was.
    4. Before that, they didn't know that they were Russian and that they had anything to do with our country.

sources

  1. 1.CNN
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.ABC News (Australia)
  4. 4.Wall Street Journal

perspectives

  1. 1.Russian Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US-Russia Relations
  3. 3.Espionage

countries

  1. 1.ArgentinaAR
  2. 2.BelarusBY
  3. 3.GermanyDE
  4. 4.United KingdomGB
  5. 5.NorwayNO
  6. 6.PolandPL
  7. 7.Russian FederationRU
  8. 8.SloveniaSI
  9. 9.TurkeyTR
  10. 10.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Krem­linRU
  2. 2.Central Intelligence AgencyUS
  3. 3.Russian Federal Security ServiceRU
  4. 4.Slovenian Security and Intelligence Agency

persons

  1. 1.Anna Dultseva
  2. 2.Artem Dultsov
  3. 3.Ludwig Gisch
  4. 4.Maria Rosa Mayer Munos
  5. 5.Vladimir PutinRU
  6. 6.Dmitry PeskovRU
  7. 7.Evan Gershkovich
  8. 8.Ivana Kottasová
  9. 9.Jennifer Hansler
  10. 10.Joe BidenUS
  11. 11.Kamala HarrisUS
  12. 12.Kylie Atwood

technicals

  1. 1.Cold War
  2. 2.Munich Security Conference