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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.
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