The Illegals — the Russian Spies Operating in the West, Against the West

The Illegals — the Russian spies operating in the west, against the west

The Guardian’s Shaun Walker has unearthed eye-popping tales spying by agents embedded in western societies under fake identities

Minister Edson Fachin, of the Supreme Federal Court, decided not to authorize the prior extradition of the Russian spy Sergey Cherkasov, which is under investigation in Brazil for various crimes, including spying and money laundering. Fachin pointed out that the responsibility for the release of the spy belongs to the President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). In March 2023, the STF had already approved the voluntary delivery of …

Reporters of the Folha showed concern for researchers with intelligence agents in Putin's country

Brazil, a country known for its neutrality and a balanced diplomacy in front of the great powers, has been emerging in the centre of a global reversive opposition operation in recent years.

Most of the messages depict two infiltrated agents who needed to get out, and sometimes the contact gave them a chance to be themselves after almost 10 years of rigorous training in Russian spying, Artem Shmyrev and his wife, Irina, worked as infiltrated agents, with false identities that they planned to use for the rest of their careers. Their missions — her in Greece and her in Brazil — are classified by Russian intelligence agencies as a "pri…