Their parents were thought to be an Argentine couple in Slovenia and were arrested and charged with espionage. The two children followed them to Moscow on Thursday from Turkey
Just like a script of a movie, young Sofia and Daniel had no idea that their parents are actually Russian spies who transferred the cover under the guise of Argentineans living in Slovenia. The children even their nationality was only determined when they were airlifted to Moscow as claimed by the Kremlin.
The parents of the boy are Artem Dultsev and Anna Dultseva; both of them were among other 24 prisoners released within the frame of the unique unconditional prisoner exchange agreement.
Guards accused a man and a woman at the border checkpoint as suspicious Argentine couple Artem Dultseva and Anna Dultseva In reality, they were professional spies arrested later on. CCTV showed their two children, Sofia, 11, and Daniel, 8, going with them to Moscow from Turkey on Thursday, CNN said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the children only realized that they were Russian once the plane was in the air in Ankara.
Notably upon arrival in Moscow Putin was out waiting to welcome them at the tarmac and chose to speak to them in Spanish as they did not understand Russian anyway. They also did not know who Putin was, Peskov said in this regard.
“When the children came down the plane’s steps – they do not speak Russian – Putin said to them in Spanish “Buenas noches”, Peskov continued.
He further said the children requested their parents about who had welcomed them as they did not even know who Putin is.
