All articles tagged with #russian spy
Robert Hanssen, a notorious Russian spy who caused significant damage to US national security over 20 years, has died in prison. Hanssen was convicted of espionage in 2001 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. His actions as a spy for the Soviet Union and later Russia included selling classified information and compromising US intelligence operations.
Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was convicted of espionage and considered one of the most damaging spies in US history, has been found dead in a Colorado prison at the age of 79. Hanssen had been sentenced to life in prison in 2002 for spying for Russia and had compromised numerous human sources, counterintelligence techniques, investigations, and dozens of classified US government documents. He had been due to retire when the FBI caught him "red handed" by giving him a fake assignment and monitoring him with hidden cameras and microphones.
Hvaldimir, a beluga whale suspected of being a Russian spy, has been spotted off the coast of Sweden after rapidly making his way south from northern Norway. Marine biologists believe that Hvaldimir's hormones could be driving him to search for a mate, but he could also just be looking for other belugas regardless of their gender. However, Hvaldimir is traveling in the wrong direction and is quickly moving away from his natural environment. OneWhale, a Norwegian non-profit organization, is seeking permission from Swedish authorities to catch Hvaldimir and transport him to a fjord in Norway, which can be turned into a refuge for the whale to spend the rest of his days in peace.
A beluga whale wearing a harness with "Equipment St. Petersburg" first appeared in Norway in 2019 and was believed to be a Russian navy asset that may have escaped. The whale, nicknamed Hvaldimir, has now been spotted off the southwest coast of Sweden, moving further away from its natural habitat. Marine biologists are puzzled by the whale's quick movement and suggest it could be driven by hormones or loneliness. The Russian government has never addressed reports that the beluga could be a Kremlin spy.
Norwegian officials have warned residents to avoid contact with a friendly beluga whale nicknamed Hvaldimir, suspected to be a Russian "spy" trained by the Russian Navy. The whale was first spotted in 2019 wearing a harness with mounts for an underwater camera, leading experts to believe he was trained by the Russian military. The whale has been following boats and foraging for food at farms, and has suffered minor injuries from contact with boats. Officials will monitor the whale's movements but will not capture it.
Ukrainian hackers claim to have breached the emails of Lt. Col. Sergey Morgachev, a senior Russian military spy charged with helping organize the hack and leak of emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Clinton campaign in 2016. Morgachev's inbox could potentially hold insight into Russia's hacking operations, including the operation against Clinton and the Democrats. The Cyber Resistance group announced the theft, but Reuters was not immediately able to fully corroborate the claim.
The Department of Justice has accused Sergey Cherkasov of operating undercover in the US as a Brazilian called Viktor Muller Ferreira, which he used to sneak into the country. Court documents containing secret messages purporting to be between a Russian spy and his handler give a wild look into a decades-long cover story that later dramatically fell apart. Cherkasov was arrested in Brazil, where he was charged with identity theft and fraud, and was later convicted and given 15 years in prison.
The Department of Justice has released secret messages between a Russian spy, Sergey Cherkasov, and his handler, revealing his decades-long cover story as a Brazilian called Viktor Muller Ferreira. Cherkasov boasted about his false identity and getting accepted into a prestigious US university, hoping to gain access to privileged information on US foreign policy. However, his luck ran out when he was denied entry to the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands and was later arrested in Brazil, where he was charged with identity theft and fraud. He was convicted and given 15 years in prison.
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.
The US Justice Department has charged a Russian national, Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, with acting as an agent of a foreign power, visa fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, and other charges in connection with illegal activities in the US. Cherkasov allegedly entered the US under a fake identity and gathered information from American citizens about the then-looming Russian invasion of Ukraine. He is currently jailed in Brazil, where he is charged with identity theft and fraud. The Russian government has confirmed that Cherkasov is a Russian citizen and has requested his extradition from Brazil.
The US Department of Justice has charged a Russian man, Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, with multiple offenses, including fraud, after he spent two years in the US studying under an assumed Brazilian identity. Cherkasov was later caught trying to join the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which is seeking the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The US accuses Cherkasov of operating as an agent for Russian intelligence services from 2012 to 2022, mostly in Brazil under his new identity, and of passing information about US persons to his handlers. Russia has requested his extradition, but it is unclear if the US will comply.