Cherkasov is serving a sentence in Brazil on fees of the use of fraudulent paperwork.
Brazil’s justice minister, Flávio Dino, mentioned on Twitter that Cherkasov will stay imprisoned in Brazil in the meanwhile. A Russian request for Cherkasov on allegations of drug trafficking were conditionally licensed through Brazil’s Ultimate Court docket previous this yr, making Brazil not able to finish the U.S. request, the Brazilian Justice Ministry said. On the other hand, the Russian request could also be pending Brazil’s personal spying investigation into Cherkasov.
Paulo Ferreira, one in every of Cherkasov’s attorneys, may just no longer in an instant be reached for remark Friday evening. He instructed the Wall Boulevard Magazine his shopper isn’t a Russian undercover agent.
The Justice Division and State Division didn’t in an instant reply to requests for remark.
The Justice Division’s March grievance alleges Cherkasov acted as one of those deep-cover Russian agent known as an “unlawful.” Such brokers perform with none recognized hyperlink to their house executive and ceaselessly construct elaborate false identities.
Cherkasov lived below the alias Victor Muller Ferreira, a Brazilian citizen, however U.S. and Brazilian government say he used to be in fact born in Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania.
Cherkasov used to be noticed through some as a attainable bargaining chip in a prisoner switch the USA is looking for to barter in trade for Wall Boulevard Magazine reporter Evan Gershkovich, who’s being held in Russia on espionage allegations. Gershkovich and the Magazine each say the rate is fake, and the State Division says he has been wrongfully detained.
