Trinity-educated Russian spy caught trying to infiltrate International Criminal Court

Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov studied political science at Trinity College in Dublin between 2014 and 2018 and graduated with first-class honours.

A Russian spy who was caught by Dutch security forces trying to get an internship at the International Criminal Court (ICC) using a Brazilian alias spent four years studying in Ireland, it emerged on Thursday night.

Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, 36, who has been accused of being an agent of Russia’s GRU military intelligence, flew to the Netherlands in April, believing he had succeeded in an extraordinary attempt to work in the war crimes court in the Hague, using the false identity of a Brazilian citizen, Viktor Muller Ferreira, 33.