BREAKING – Dutch intelligence services say they prevented a Russian spy from accessing the International Criminal Court in the Hague as an intern. The man was working under a Brazilian identity but actually belonged to the GRU – @AFP
— Danny Kemp (@dannyctkemp) June 16, 2022
Bonkers story. Dutch AIVD names the GRU agent as Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, 36, who had claimed to be a 33-year-old Brazilian citizen named Viktor Muller Ferreira. He was refused entry to the Netherlands in April as a threat to national security
— Danny Kemp (@dannyctkemp) June 16, 2022
Smiley would have loved it: the Dutch have also released what they say is the spy's 'legend', likely written by him, including fictive details of troubled father relationship, crush on a teacher, and addresses of his favourite restaurant and trance music club in Brasilia
— Danny Kemp (@dannyctkemp) June 16, 2022