This section profiles people who have spied for the Soviet Union or the Russian Federation, including career intelligence officers working under diplomatic or nonofficial cover and recruited agents. A representative modern case is Evgeny Buryakov, who worked in New York for the Russian state bank Vnesheconombank while acting, according to the Justice Department, as an agent of the SVR; he pleaded guilty in March 2016 to conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign government and was sentenced in May 2016 to 30 months in prison. Entries summarize charges, convictions, and official findings for each case.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Justice. “Russian Banker Sentenced in Connection with Conspiracy to Work for Russian Intelligence.” Press release, May 25, 2016.