A Russian spy posed as a Brazilian student in order to enter the U.S. and attend Johns Hopkins University's international relations graduate program, according to a federal indictment. GRU operative Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, 37, masqueraded as a South American student named Victor Ferreira and even applied for a job at the International Criminal Court, in order to position himself inside the American security establishment.The Justice Department claims Cherkasov entered the U.S. in 2018 in hopes of gathering intel on Americans and made connections with a State Department employee, a Hill worker, and other security officials.
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