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class="infobox-data">2</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Colonel <b>Aleksandr Nikolayevich Poteyev</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the former Deputy Head of Directorate "S" of the Russian <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Service_(Russia)" title="Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)">Foreign Intelligence Service (<i>SVR</i>)</a> from 2000–2010. </p><p>Beginning around 1999, he began working secretly with the <a href="/wiki/CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA">CIA</a>, helping to reveal a hidden network of Russian spies operating within the United States, known as the <a href="/wiki/Illegals_Program" title="Illegals Program">Illegals Program</a>. </p><p>In late June 2010, the CIA led a successful operation to extract Poteyev from Russia. </p><p>He is reported to be living in the United States under an assumed identity.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT2023_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT2023-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Poteyev was born in the Brest Region of the Republic of <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>. </p><p>His father, Nikolai Pavlovich Poteyev, had been declared a Hero of the USSR in 1944 for having destroyed nine enemy tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosbalt_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosbalt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RusNext_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RusNext-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Poteyev enlisted in the army during the 1970s. </p><p>Afterward, he entered the service of the <a href="/wiki/KGB" title="KGB">KGB</a>, working primarily in <a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a>, and then later in Afghanistan as part of "Zenith", an elite special forces unit.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosbalt_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosbalt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1981, Poteyev was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for his participation in hostilities in Kabul as part of the special forces unit "Cascade". </p><p>After returning from Afghanistan, Poteyev graduated from the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Foreign_Intelligence" title="Academy of Foreign Intelligence">Academy of Foreign Intelligence</a>, and then went on to work for the <a href="/wiki/First_Chief_Directorate" title="First Chief Directorate">First Chief Directorate</a> of the USSR.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Working under official cover as a representative from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)">Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a>, Poteyev took around a dozen short trips to several western countries during the 1990s, including Mexico, Chile, and <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosbalt_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosbalt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a Russian court, Poteyev had begun passing information to the CIA since around 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-RusNext_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RusNext-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Beast_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Beast-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Skripal_Files_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Skripal_Files-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2000, Poteyev was appointed to Deputy Head of Directorate "S" of the SVR, where he was tasked with overseeing a network of spies living inside the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosbalt_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosbalt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BuzzFeed_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BuzzFeed-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 2001, Poteyev reportedly "cashed in" on a contract with the CIA worth somewhere between $2 and $5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Best_of_Enemies_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Best_of_Enemies-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 25, 2003, Poteyev's wife, Marina, filed a police report claiming that three individuals disguised as law enforcement had broken into the Poteyevs' apartment in Moscow. Once inside, the individuals reportedly robbed and attacked members of the Poteyev family.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosbalt_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosbalt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RusNext_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RusNext-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2010, Poteyev reportedly requested leave to visit a pregnant mistress of his in <a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a>, but was denied by his superiors.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Beast_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Beast-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2010, Poteyev, aware that lie detector tests were being prepared to find a suspected high-ranking mole in the SVR, instructed his son to leave for the United States, where Poteyev's wife and daughter were living.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosbalt_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosbalt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 24, 2010, without informing his superiors, Poteyev purchased a rail ticket from <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> to <a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a>. From there, he moved to obtain a false passport in <a href="/wiki/Ivano-Frankivsk" title="Ivano-Frankivsk">Ivano-Frankivsk</a>, then headed to <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a>, before finally arriving at CIA headquarters in the United States on June 26, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Beast_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Beast-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the following day, the FBI had begun arresting the Russian spy ring.<sup id="cite_ref-Illegals_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Illegals-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CBS_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_recruitment">Foreign recruitment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Foreign recruitment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Poteyev was reportedly first approached for recruitment by the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a> on allegations of underpayment of taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-career">Post-career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 11, 2010, <i>Kommersant</i> erroneously reported that the person who had given the names of the Russian spies to U.S. authorities was Colonel Shcherbakov of the SVR. Four days later, <i>RIA Novosti</i> reported that it was not Shcherbakov, but Poteyev.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Daily_Beast_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Daily_Beast-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kommersant_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kommersant-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 27, 2011, a Russian court found Poteyev guilty of high treason, sentencing him in absentia to 25 years in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2013, <i>Der Spiegel</i> reported that Poteyev had been responsible for the October 2011 arrest of a German-based Russian spy couple who had been living under the names of Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2016, <i>Politico</i> reported that British intelligence had attempted to recruit Sergey Cherepanov, a <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>-based Russian Illegal who had fled to Moscow in June 2010, based on evidence provided by Poteyev.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poteyev is reportedly on Russia's international wanted list.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_in_the_United_States">Life in the United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Life in the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Around late 2013 or early 2014, a suspected Russian hit man on a valid U.S. visa had reportedly approached Poteyev's home in Florida, as well as the city of one of Poteyev's relatives.<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_Times_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_Times-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Newsnight_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newsnight-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 7, 2016, the Russian news agency <i>Interfax</i> reported an unconfirmed rumor that Poteyev had died in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Interfax_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Interfax-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2017, journalists for <i>BuzzFeed News</i> reportedly found a person matching Poteyev's biography living in a <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>-licensed apartment complex in Florida.<sup id="cite_ref-BuzzFeed_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BuzzFeed-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, Russia attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate Poteyev.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes_Assassination_Attempt_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes_Assassination_Attempt-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, Russia hired a Mexican-Singaporean microbiologist, Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes, to find Poteyev's whereabouts. Fuentes was told to rent out a property in Miami, where Poteyev was residing. On February 14, 2020, Fuentes traveled to Miami from Mexico City. The next day, Fuentes was instructed to find Poteyev's license plate. Fuentes was expelled from the apartment complex by security, so he instructed his wife to take a picture of the plate. Two days later, while trying to leave the US through Miami International Airport, US Customs found a picture of Poteyev's license plate in Fuentes's travel companion's "recently deleted" folder. When questioned, "Fuentes admitted to law enforcement officers that he was directed by a Russian government official to conduct this operation.<sup id="cite_ref-Individual_Arrested_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Individual_Arrested-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Александр Николаевич Потеев</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn"><span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Aleksandr Nikolayevich Poteyev</i></span></i></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Poteyev&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span 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Interfax. July 7, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Poteyev+will+be+wanted+until+his+death+is+officially+confirmed&rft.date=2016-07-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.interfax.ru%2Frussia%2F517358&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAleksandr+Poteyev" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-New_York_Times-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-New_York_Times_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/us/politics/russian-informants-cia-protection.html">"More of Kremlin's Opponents Are Ending Up Dead"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. 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October 2, 2018 – via YouTube.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+attempted+assassination+of+a+Russian+spy+defector&rft.pub=Newsnight&rft.date=2018-10-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYHBwnfE0pN8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAleksandr+Poteyev" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Interfax-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Interfax_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190608230728/http://interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=686542">"Russian Foreign Intelligence Service not commenting on Poteyev's possible death in U.S (Part 2)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Interfax" title="Interfax">Interfax</a>. July 7, 2016. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=686542">the original</a> on June 8, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Russian+Foreign+Intelligence+Service+not+commenting+on+Poteyev%27s+possible+death+in+U.S+%28Part+2%29&rft.date=2016-07-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Finterfax.com%2Fnewsinf.asp%3Fid%3D686542&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAleksandr+Poteyev" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKorelina2018" class="citation news cs1">Korelina, Olga (October 4, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://meduza.io/feature/2018/10/04/agenta-kotoryy-sdal-amerikantsam-annu-chapman-i-drugih-nelegalov-dva-goda-nazad-ob-yavili-mertvym-na-samom-dele-on-zhivet-v-ssha-buzzfeed">"The agent who handed over Anna Chapman and other illegal immigrants to the Americans was declared dead two years ago. He actually lives in the US: Buzzfeed"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Meduza" title="Meduza">Meduza</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The+agent+who+handed+over+Anna+Chapman+and+other+illegal+immigrants+to+the+Americans+was+declared+dead+two+years+ago.+He+actually+lives+in+the+US%3A+Buzzfeed&rft.date=2018-10-04&rft.aulast=Korelina&rft.aufirst=Olga&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmeduza.io%2Ffeature%2F2018%2F10%2F04%2Fagenta-kotoryy-sdal-amerikantsam-annu-chapman-i-drugih-nelegalov-dva-goda-nazad-ob-yavili-mertvym-na-samom-dele-on-zhivet-v-ssha-buzzfeed&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAleksandr+Poteyev" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFtextifire2017" class="citation web cs1">@textifire (June 5, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/textifire/status/871982011170385920">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Aleksandr" is 'dead', born 3 March 1952 (says Google); but FL guy is "Alexander", born 7 March 1952, living in Trump Tower III. Curious"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20200301011953/https://twitter.com/textifire/status/871982011170385920">Archived</a> from the original on March 1, 2020 – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%22Aleksandr%22+is+%27dead%27%2C+born+3+March+1952+%28says+Google%29%3B+but+FL+guy+is+%22Alexander%22%2C+born+7+March+1952%2C+living+in+Trump+Tower+III.+Curious.&rft.date=2017-06-05&rft.au=textifire&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Ftextifire%2Fstatus%2F871982011170385920&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAleksandr+Poteyev" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYTimes_Assassination_Attempt-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NYTimes_Assassination_Attempt_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/us/politics/russia-spy-assassination.html">"Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i>. June 19, 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Russia+Sought+to+Kill+Defector+in+Florida&rft.date=2023-06-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2023%2F06%2F19%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Frussia-spy-assassination.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAleksandr+Poteyev" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Individual_Arrested-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Individual_Arrested_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/individual-arrested-acting-within-us-behalf-russian-government-without-notifying-attorney">"Individual Arrested for Acting Within the U.S. on Behalf of the Russian Government Without Notifying the Attorney General"</a>. United States Department of Justice. February 18, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Individual+Arrested+for+Acting+Within+the+U.S.+on+Behalf+of+the+Russian+Government+Without+Notifying+the+Attorney+General&rft.date=2020-02-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.justice.gov%2Fopa%2Fpr%2Findividual-arrested-acting-within-us-behalf-russian-government-without-notifying-attorney&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAleksandr+Poteyev" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-who-acted-russian-agent-sentenced-federal-prison-term">"Man Who Acted as Russian Agent Sentenced to Federal Prison Term"</a>. United States Department of Justice. 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