Signal Caught

FBI started tracking her when they caught a secret signal that Anna sent to a Russian diplomat. She transmitted the signal from a bookstore in New York. It was from there on FBI had started keeping her under their watch. They tracked every movement of her. 

Well Planned

Her meeting with “Roman’ was planned. That was the final stage to reach and arrest her in the move. Now the game was over. She had been caught. She had been caught red-handed. The police arrested her on the count of “carrying out long-term, deep-cover assignments in the United States on behalf of the Russian Federation.” So what was going to happen next?   

Sleeper Agents

On further interrogation, FBI learned that Anna was one of those 10 Russian “sleeper” agents that had been caught that summer. These agents had to ‘build contacts with academics, industrialists, and policymakers to gain access to intelligence.’ The woman did not want to undergo a lengthy trial and so owned up her sins. 

Returning Home

The authorities got her to board a one-way plane to Moscow and commanded her to come back with four double agents who had aimed at the U.S. and England.   

Celebration

Do you want to know who celebrated the return of captured spies? Well, it was Russian President Vladimir Putin himself. One point to note here is that Putin himself has served as an agent for KGB.   

Heroes

Anna too had not imagined this. She and other uncovered agents were treated as heroes. The government had arranged a huge ceremony in their honor. The celebration was all about fanfare and patriotic music.