The couple Artem and Anna Dultsev, who worked for the Russian Federation under the guise of Argentines, received the Order of Courage. Information about their award was not openly published anywhere. This was reported by DW, according to UNN.
Details
Vladimir Putin secretly awarded the Order of courage to spouses Artem and Anna Dultsev, who returned to Russia on August 1 as part of a prisoner exchange. The dultsevs conducted espionage activities in favor of Russia, posing as citizens of Argentina.
Information about the awarding of Dultsev was not openly published anywhere. However, the publication" Agency "drew attention to the publication of the magazine"Scout". This is the official print organ of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. Its circulation is 2500 copies, and it is also available on the Internet.
Journalists of the publication quoted information about Putin's secret awarding of Russian spies-the Dultsev couple, published in the magazine of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation.
Russian spies Artem and Anna Dultseva, who returned to Russia during the last prisoner exchange, were awarded the order of courage by presidential decree. This became known from the publication in the magazine "Scout". The award ceremony was not officially announced. According to Western intelligence, Dultsev was a "sleeping" agent for a long time and was exposed less than a year after being "awakened"
The December issue published a long interview with the Dultsevs and said that they were "awarded the order of courage by decree of the president of Russia." There is no date or exact reason for the award. However, there is a published photo of August 30, 2024 at the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service, in which Sergey Naryshkin (director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation) presents medals to the couple in Yasenevo.
The Slovenian special services believe that the Dulcevs were "sleeping agents" for a long time, while they began active espionage activities in 2022. And already in December of the same year, they were detained: in an interview with "Scout" Anna Dultseva called the exposure and detention a "failure".
According to available information, Dultsev's cooperation with Russian intelligence began in 2009. They were trained to work abroad for three years: they have been there under "special conditions" since 2012. According to legend, they had other names – Ludwig Guiche and Maria Rosa Mayer-Munoz, allegedly met in Argentina.
In July 2024, a court in Ljubljana sentenced Artem and Anna Dultsev to 1 year and 7 months in prison on charges of espionage.
Dultsev's children Sofia and Daniil also became part of the exchange on August 1. As the family walked down the ramp to Vnukovo, Putin addressed the children in Spanish, telling them: "Buenas noches!"
recall
Russian spies have been monitoring the Georgian government and large companies for many years as part of a comprehensive campaign. Thus, Russian agents collected information that, among other things, was necessary for potential sabotage of critical infrastructure.