Pair’s conviction could pave way for inclusion in any future prisoner exchange between Russia and west
Two Russian deep-cover spies arrested in Slovenia have admitted their guilt, in a swift court case that potentially paves the way for them to be included in a prisoner exchange between Russia and the west.
The pair, whose real names are thought to be Artem Dultsev and Anna Dultseva, were arrested in late 2022, and are believed to be “illegals” – deep-cover Russian spies trained to impersonate foreigners, who spend years living abroad in their cover identities. They posed as Ludwig Gisch and Maria Mayer, an Argentinian couple, and spoke to their two children in Spanish. She ran an online art gallery and he had an IT business, but all the while they secretly worked for Russian intelligence.
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