INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
and Russia in 2011 sentenced him in absentia to 25 years in prison for treason.According to NYT, Russia in 2019 recruited Mexican scientist
Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes to locate Poteyev in Miami Beach, Florida, where the double agent had settled.The clandestine operation
disclosed to United States authorities his contacts with a Russian official, which the Department of Justicedetailed in a 2020 criminal
to law enforcement officers that he was directed by a Russian government official to conduct this operation
added.The plot was among a series of Russian activities that led the United States toannounce sanctions and the expulsion of 10 Russian
diplomats, including alleged spies, in April 2021.Russia expelled 10 American diplomats in retaliation.Those expelled included top
intelligence officials in Moscow and Washington, according to NYT.
