U.S. Expels Russian Spy Who Tried to Recruit Ex-Trump Aide
- Buryakov worked at Russian bank Vnesheconombank in New York
- Spy allegedly sought to recruit energy consultant Carter Page
Convicted Russian spy Evgeny Buryakov, is pictured on board a commercial flight during his repatriation to Russian authorities.
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The U.S. deported a former New York banker to Russia who allegedly tried to recruit an ex-adviser to President Donald Trump and was convicted and imprisoned in 2016 for being a spy for Moscow.
Evgeny Buryakov, 42, worked as an employee in the New York office of the Russian bank Vnesheconombank before being convicted of operating as an agent of Russia’s foreign intelligence agency without following U.S. law requiring he register as an agent of a foreign government, according to a statement Wednesday from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.