The case summarized PST believes Mikhail Mikusjin, who previously operated under the guise of being Brazilian researcher José Assis Giammaria was a Russian intelligence agent in Norway. Mikusjin was arrested in Tromsø in October 2022 and delivered to Russia as part of a major prison exchange in 2023. PST has provided partial access to the investigation into Mikusjin, which provides several new details. A DNA test of a man, whom the police believed could be Mikushin’s brother, helped to reveal him. PST links Mikusjin to the Russian intelligence organization Gru through passports, addresses, identities and a company. Mikusjin denied criminal charges, although he admitted that he was using false identity. The summary is made by a Ki service from Openai. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publishing. Mikhail Mikusjin was handed over from Norway to Russia as part of a large prison exchange last year. PST believes he has operated as an agent for Russian intelligence, and links him to Gru. Mikusjin denied criminal charges, although he later admitted that he used false identity. Videos from the biggest prison exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War. He was arrested in Tromsø in October 2022. He then worked at the Norwegian Arctic University (UiT) under the guise of being a Brazilian scientist named José Assis Giammaria. On Wednesday afternoon, PST provided access to parts of the investigation against Mikusjin. There are several new information emerging. “It’s ridiculous” The same day Mikusjin was arrested, an employee of the Immigration Unit in Trom’s police district conducted an ID call with him. The purpose was to know more about Mikusjin, his family and upbringing, and other things that could say something about who he really is. The conversation is reproduced in one of the police documents. “The Ministry of Justice and Emergency Management thinks you are a Russian citizen. What is your reaction to that? ” asked a police officer. “It’s ridiculous. 100% ridiculous. I’ve been a Brazilian all my life, “replied Mikusjin, who then went under the Giamaria identity. These are some of the things that were seized at Mikusjin after the arrest: Mikushin was then asked when and where he was born, and replied a date and a place in Brazil. He said he has never had a citizenship other than Brazilian, that the mother tongue is Brazilian Portuguese and that he otherwise speaks Spanish and English. Told about family Mikusjin also provided more details about their alleged family in Brazil, about schooling and studies in Malaysia and Canada. Such background information is called in intelligence and undercover activities for a “legend”. This photo was taken at a restaurant in Malaysia in 2014. Then Mikhail Mikusjin was a student in Canada. Photo: Private / Facebook Mikusjin stated the name of what was to be a mother and father, when and where they were born, and that they both died in the 90s. He also said that he was moved to an aunt after his mother died, and that during this period he did not have much contact with his father. The aunt died in 2006, he explained. The DNA tested police also conducted a DNA test by a man they thought could be Mikusjin’s brother. This is a Russian man located in the United States, according to news’s information. Oslo University Hospital has investigated DNA from the possible brother up towards Mikusjin. According to a report, “DNA profiles provide very strong support for the hypothesis that the accused José Assis Giammaria […] and the person who made the test […] are brothers ». Mikhail Valerijevich Mikusjin admits to having used incorrect identity both during his stay in Norway and in Canada, before coming to Norway. The report is dated in early January 2024. Mikusjin maintained for over a year that he was named José Assis Giamaria and was from Brazil. In November 2023, however, he admitted that he was Russian Mikhail Mikusjin. news has not yet succeeded in getting in touch with lawyer Marijana Lozic, who was Mikusjin’s defender in Norway. To Åsted Norway, she says: – As is well known, Mikusjin has not admitted criminal charges after the charge. It follows from the nature of the case that I first became aware that he should be exchanged at a very late stage. Of course, I am prevented from saying something about my possible contact with him. However, I think it would have been very interesting to try the case for Norwegian law. Mikusjin denied criminal charges, although he admitted that he was using false identity. Delivered in a prison exchange on August 1 last year, Mikusjin was handed over in a historical prison exchange between Russia and the West. The United States asked Norway for help to get home prisoners who were important to those from Russia. With that, it was not possible to bring the case to court in Norway. Mikusjin was never charged and the case was closed. PST has previously said that Mikusjin received consular assistance from the Russian embassy. This denied the Russian embassy in Norway. This is Mikhail Mikusjin: Mikhail Mikusjin claimed he was named José Assis Giamaria and was from Brazil. He worked as a guest researcher at UiT Norway’s Arctic University in Tromsø. He came to Tromsø for the first time on research assignments in 2021. He must have taken a bachelor’s degree in political science focusing on international relationships at the Center for Military, Security and Strategic Studies in Canada. He also claims to have a master’s degree from the same country. According to the Bellingcat burial network, the spy -sighted graduated from gravel spy school in 2006. Gru is Russia’s military intelligence, known for, among other things, educating spies who can operate as illegalists in other countries. The same year that Mikusjin graduated from this school, he gained citizenship in Brazil, by claiming he had a Brazilian mother, according to the Russian burial network Insider. In October 2022, arrested by PST in Tromsø was arrested while on his way to work. He was then put into custody, and has been there since the arrest. PST believed that the man had false identity and that he was a so -called illegalist from Russia. Mikusjin was accused and charged with serious espionage against state secrets, which have a penalty of up to ten years. In December 2023, he himself admitted that he was Russian. The case against Mikusjin was fully investigated by PST’s side in April this year. They thought he could be convicted of what he was charged with. According to PST, he has received consular assistance from the Russian embassy. PST informs news that personnel from the Russian embassy in two rounds have visited Mikusjin. This denied the Russian embassy in Norway. It was the national prosecutor’s office that would have charged with him, and time was set aside in the Oslo District Court from September 17 to October 25 for the trial. On August 1, 2024, he is exchanged for Russia before being tried. Passports and identities PST are often reluctant to talk about how they are investigating – ie what methods they use. Therefore, PST will not provide full access to the documents in the case against Mikusjin. They have nevertheless put together an overview they believe shows how they associate Mikusjin with the Russian intelligence organization Gru: This overview, prepared by PST, shows how they believe to be able to associate Mikhail Mikusjin with Russian horror. They associate him with identities, passports, addresses and people they believe can be linked to horror. Photo: PST In an interrogation, a witness said Mikusjin explained his parents that his job “would require long business trips abroad”. They were asked not to contact him directly, and were given a man they could reach him through. This man links the PST to the Russian military. They also link him to a car that has been registered on another named man, who PST again links to Gru. PST also links Mikusjin to passports, addresses, identities and a company. All this they link to horror. Conversing the affiliation of access The partial access news and several media have now received, also shows that Mikusjin applied for research at several Norwegian institutions. news applied for access to the investigative documents when the case was closed last fall. PST first refused access. It is the National Attorney General’s Office (NAST) that has now partially reversed this decision. Attorney General Frederik Ranke at NAST has partially reversed PST’s decision to refuse access to the investigation of spy -minded Mikhail Mikusjin. Photo: Gunhild Hjundrud In a document, State Attorney Frederik Ranke emphasizes the importance of sharing details with the public into a spying case that is special and unique. – Openness seems preventative and shows foreign intelligence that the Norwegian authorities follow and react to unwanted intelligence activity in Norway. This can have both a training effect in the population and seem general preventive, writes Ranke. – It is important for the public to gain insight into how Russian intelligence services operate in Norway, he continues. Senior adviser Eirik Veum in PST says they are now successfully succeeding NAST to share some of the investigation. – Some information in the material is corded for the sake of privacy and PST’s methodology. PST does not want to give any further comments regarding the content of the material or the decision on the reversal of the decision, says Veum. Published 30.04.2025, at. 23.11
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