Their parents posed as Argentinian citizens, and Vladimir Putin greeted the children in Spanish. According to the Kremlin, they did not speak Russian nor did they know who Putin was.
Why did Russian President Vladimir Putin greet the children of just-freed Russian spies in Spanish?
The reason is straight out of an episode of the hit TV spy show “The Americans.”
Among the first prisoners stepping off the plane to greet President Putin was a slender brown-haired woman grasping the hand of her young daughter. She appeared to stifle a sob as she hugged Putin. He handed her a bouquet of purple and white flowers, and another to her daughter. Putin also hugged her husband and kissed their son.
Then, over the din of the airplane, Putin could be heard greeting the children with “buenas noches” — the Spanish phrase for “good evening.”
Their parents were undercover Russian spies who posed as Argentinian citizens living in Slovenia and went by the names Ludwig Gisch and Maria Rosa Mayer Muños. They were part of Thursday’s massive prisoner swap involving several countries.
What a mind fuck for those kids
Makes me wonder if the parents or Putin negotiated that the kids had to come with them as part of the exchange.
If I was 16 and living in the US, I’d tell everyone to get fucked I ain’t going nowhere.
In 2010, a 16 year old boy who assumed he was Canadian found out that his parents were spies.
16 is a little young to be out on your own. In particular, you don’t have any relatives who can help you because… well your parents were spies living under a cover identity.
16 is a little young to be out on your own.
Oh cmon I moved from my mom’s house at 15 and just look at how… uh…
I see your point.
Truly the worst version of “Is It Cake?” imaginable
Peskov said, before praising intelligence officers who “make such sacrifices for the sake of their work, for the sake of devotion to the cause.”>
Yeah, this kids will be very happy about “the cause”.
Article says they were arrested in 2022. Did the kids not realize it was for espionage?
If they kept it out of the news, I don’t see why they should have known if nobody told them what’s going on.
who did the kids stay with all this time?
Buenas noches = Good night
Buenas tardes = Good evening
In Spanish, “buenas noches” is not exclusively used as a farewell like in English, it can also be used as a greeting, just as “good morning” and “good evening”.
It’s strange how that happened. In English “good morning” is simply a greeting, same with “good day” (or g’day in Australia) and “good afternoon”. In context, they can also be a way of saying “goodbye”. But, if you’re working the night shift and you show up at work, you can’t greet your co-worker with “good night”.
Yeah, “buenos dias” is never a farewell, always a greeting. If you want a morning farewell you say something like “have a good day” (que pase buen dia).
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