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Shaun Walker

US indicts alleged Russian spy who tried to infiltrate ICC in The Hague

The international criminal court
The international criminal court. Sergey Cherkasov was detained on arrival in the Netherlands. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

US authorities have released new details about an alleged Russian spy who attempted to penetrate the international criminal court in The Hague, using a false identity developed over a decade.

An indictment made public on Saturday accuses Sergey Cherkasov, who US intelligence believes is an elite “illegal” operative of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency. Cherkasov posed as Brazilian citizen Victor Muller Ferreira over many years.

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