You know why these Russian “illegals” spies can be here for a decade or more without getting arrested? Because they’re useless. It takes them that long to do something worth arresting them.

On the other hand, if they pull FBI resources away from the real spies, then it might be worth Moscow’s trouble.

I feel for these poor kids, though. I couldn’t stand lying to my kids for any reason but turning their whole world upside-down? Everything they thought they knew is a lie? These fake parents deserve prison time just for doing this to their kids.

Putting your country before your kids does not make you a hero. It makes you a monster.

It seemed straight out of an episode of “The Americans.”

The children — Sofia, 11, and Daniel, 8 — had no idea their parents were deep-undercover Russian spies pretending to be Argentine expats in Slovenia, according to the Kremlin, much like the characters on the television show that was based on similar Russian spies known as “illegals.”

Life as Sofia and Daniel knew it ended Thursday when they stepped on a plane destined, they would later discover, for Moscow, as part of a landmark prisoner swap. When President Vladimir Putin greeted them at Vnukovo Airport a few hours later, he did so in Spanish: “Buenas noches.”

The daughter and son of Anna and Artem Dultsev have always believed they are Argentines, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Friday. Their mother shed tears as Putin handed her and Sofia large bouquets of flowers.

Source: Children returned to Russia had no idea parents were spies, Kremlin says – The Washington Post