A Russian spy moved through Washington as a Brazilian graduate student

Written by on March 29, 2023

Johns Hopkins graduate Victor Ferreira was unmasked as GRU operative Sergey Cherkasov, according to a federal indictment and Western security officials

March 29, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT

Photos taken from video show Sergey Cherkasov in conversation with a woman thought to be his mother at a Moscow airport restaurant around 2017. The video was recovered by the FBI in its investigation of Cherkasov. (U.S. Justice Department) Comment on this story

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