How children of freed spies learned they were Russian on flight to Moscow - eviltoast
Sofia, 11, and Daniel, 8, did not speak the language and knew nothing about their new home country

Sofia, 11, and Daniel, 8, did not speak the language and knew nothing about their new home country

The Russian government plane that landed in Moscow from Ankara on Thursday carried an assortment of spies, assassins and criminals, one half of the biggest prisoner exchange since the cold war.

But among the first to descend the stairs to the tarmac, where president Vladimir Putin was waiting to greet the returnees, were two young children, looking wide-eyed and confused.

Sofia, 11, and Daniel, 8, had been born in Argentina. They later moved with their parents, Maria Mayer and Ludwig Gisch, to Slovenia, where Mayer ran an online art gallery and Gisch started an IT company.

Mayer told friends the family had left their home country of Argentina to avoid street crime. The family spoke Spanish at home; the children went to an international school in Ljubljana, where they studied in English.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    3 months ago

    Everyone should go watch The Americans. Because that series touches on this issue and the finale stays with you.

    • TheFriar@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Shit. I totally forgot I never watched the last season of that show. Wow. I feel like I need to go back and watch the whole thing. It was all really entertaining as far as I remember.