Russian spy tried to penetrate ICC war crimes court, say Dutch

THE HAGUE - The Netherlands said on Thursday it had stopped a Russian spy posing as a Brazilian intern from infiltratingThe Russian, identified as Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, 36, flew to the Netherlands in April using an elaborate deep cover story that he had built up over the past 12 years.

Cherkasov was put on the next flight back to Brazil, where police said he was arrested for identity fraud.the ICC's probe into war crimes in UkraineThe head of the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service, or AIVD, said it was"very rare" to catch a Russian agent"of this calibre". In scenes that could have come from a spy novel, the Dutch even released a four-page document setting out Cherkasov's"legend" that was likely written by Cherkasov himself in around 2010.

It also tries to cover up doubts about his Brazilian heritage, saying that he was nicknamed"Gringo" because he"looked like a German" and includes full addresses of a restaurant in Brasilia with the"best brown stew in town" and a trance music club, in an apparent attempt to back up his cover story.

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