Russian Spy Charged with Attempted Infiltration of War Crime Court by U.S.

The US Justice Department has charged a Russian spy, Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, who tried to infiltrate the International Criminal Court in The Hague under a Brazilian alias. Cherkasov was detained in the Netherlands for using fake identity papers and was later deported to Brazil, where he was charged with identity fraud. The US has charged him for illegally acting as an agent of a foreign power while he was in the United States, collecting information on unidentified Americans which he passed to his handlers. It is unclear if or when the US will seek his extradition from Brazil.