Children of Deep-Cover Russian Spies Discover Their True Identities During Prisoner Swap
Siblings Sofia and Daniel, raised in Argentina and Slovenia, learn they are Russian on a flight to Moscow after their parents' arrest.
- The children were unaware of their parents' true identities until the flight to Moscow.
- Their parents, Maria Mayer and Ludwig Gisch, were actually Russian spies Anna and Artem Dultsev.
- The family was part of the largest Russia-US prisoner exchange since the Cold War.
- The children, who spoke no Russian, faced a bewildering new reality upon arrival in Moscow.
- The case highlights the personal sacrifices and complex lives of deep-cover operatives.