Mikhail Valeryevich Mikushin (Russian: Михаи́л Вале́рьевич Мику́шин; born 19 August 1978) is a former scientist who was arrested in October 2022 in Norway as a suspected Russian intelligence agent.

Oct 28, 2022 · Security services in Norway have charged a university lecturer with gathering illegal intelligence and claim to have uncovered his real identity. The suspect, said to be in his …

Dec 14, 2023 · Mikushin, who has been transferred to detention in the capital of Oslo, faces up to three years in prison under Norwegian espionage laws. Per Niklas Hafsmoe, a prosecutor with the agency, said the 45-year-old has declined to speak to the police but claims no wrongdoing.

Oct 29, 2022 · Norwegian authorities said he was 44, born in Russia in 1978. Mikushin is a senior Russian military intelligence officer, according to a researcher at the investigative website Bellingcat.

Dec 14, 2023 · Norwegian officials told the Associated Press Thursday that 45-year-old Mikhail Mikushin confirmed his Russian name during a hearing last week, more than a year after his arrest and after...

Oct 29, 2022 · A court in Norway today charged a Tromsø Arctic University academic with espionage and released his full name. The spy turned out to be Mikhail Valerievich Mikushin, born August 19, 1978.

Dec 14, 2023 · Mikushin, who has been transferred to detention in the capital of Oslo, faces up to three years in prison under Norwegian espionage laws. Per Niklas Hafsmoe, a prosecutor with the agency, said...

Dec 14, 2023 · Norwegian authorities report that Russian spy Mikhail Mikushin has disclosed his real identity after spending over a year disguised as an academic and college lecturer.

Oct 28, 2022 · It is reported that the man in question is Mikhail Vladimirovich Mikushin, born in 1978. He lived in Norway under the name José Assis Giammaria. He was accused of illegal …

Oct 29, 2022 · Detained in October, an employee of the Norwegian Arctic University of Tromsø, who presented himself as a professor from Brazil, Jose Assis Giammaria, is in fact a Russian citizen Mikhail Mikushin, a GRU intelligence officer. This was discovered by investigative portals Bellingcat and The Insider.