NEW YORK (Reuters) - A ring of Russian spies, who pleaded guilty on Thursday to being foreign agents and will be sent home as part of a spy swap, developed deep cover to build ties with policymakers and send reports back to Moscow.
But as they hobnobbed with academics, gathered intelligence on potential CIA recruits, assembled data on high-end Manhattan real estate and sought ways into politics, it is unclear how much valuable information they relayed.
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