By Tatiana Arias and Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian authorities have declined a US request to extradite an alleged Russian spy, saying that he would eventually be sent to Russia instead. Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov is accused of entering the US under a false identity to spy on Americans in t…
Analysts had seen the Russian as a potential candidate in a prisoner swap with Russia, which holds two Americans on spying charges, Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan.
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