Russian Banker: Cold War Is Over
Trust him when he says he is totally not a spy.
Looks innocent, no?
Who has ever heard of something so silly as finance types spying for Mother Russia?
A Russian banker pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that he was a spy for the Russian government in New York….
Mr. Buryakov was arrested two weeks ago in the Bronx and denied bail by a U.S. federal judge. On Wednesday, he appeared in court wearing dark blue prisoner clothes.
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