FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin greets Russian national Vadim Krasikov, who was released in a prisoner exchange between Russia with Western countries, during a welcoming ceremony at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia August 1, 2024. Sputnik/Mikhail Voskresensky/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under cover that their children found out they were Russians only after the flight took off, the Kremlin said on Friday.
"Before that, they didn't know that they were Russian and that they had anything to do with our country," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
