
In a recent development in Ljubljana, Slovenia, a Russian couple has been sentenced to 19 months in prison each on spying charges. The husband and wife, who were posing as Argentine citizens, were found guilty of espionage and using fake documents to register their firms. Despite the sentence, they were released on time served and have been ordered to leave the country. Additionally, they have been banned from returning to Slovenia for a period of five years.
The couple, known by their aliases Ludwig Gisch and Maria Rosa Mayer Muños, had been residing in Slovenia since 2017. The husband was running a startup IT company while the wife operated an online art gallery. Their true identities have been revealed as Artem Viktorovich Dultsev and Anna Valerevna Dultseva, as per media reports.