Alexander Zaporozhsky
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Alexander Zaporozhsky is a former Colonel in Russia
's SVR
. He was convicted of treason and given an 18-year prison sentence in 2003 for cooperation with the United States, but has been released in July 2010 as part of a spy swap for the 10 Russian agents arrested in the United States as part of the Illegals Program
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Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
's SVR
Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is Russia's primary external intelligence agency. The SVR is the successor of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB since December 1991...
. He was convicted of treason and given an 18-year prison sentence in 2003 for cooperation with the United States, but has been released in July 2010 as part of a spy swap for the 10 Russian agents arrested in the United States as part of the Illegals Program
Illegals Program
The Illegals Program, as it was called by the United States Department of Justice, was a network of Russian sleeper agents under non-official cover whose investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation culminated in the arrest of ten agents and a prisoner swap between Russia and the United...
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