BALTIMORE — An email from a Johns Hopkins physician reached the Russian Embassy on March 1, 2022, five days after Russia invaded Ukraine, sparking a deadly war that has now spanned more than a year.
“My husband and I are both doctors. I’m an anesthesiologist, he works in intensive care,” Dr. Anna Gabrielian wrote in Russian, her first language, and referring to her spouse, Dr. Jamie Lee Henry. “We are ready to help if there is a need for that. We are for life, and do not want to cut Russia off from the international community.”
According to federal prosecutors, that email is evidence of the couple’s plot to assist an American adversary by abusing their positions as medical professionals. It spawned a monthslong investigation featuring an undercover FBI agent posing as a Russian government official. The agent met with Gabrielian and Henry, separately and together, recording their conversations covertly, eventually leading to an indictment charging the couple with conspiracy and disclosing identifiable health information.
