Convicted Russian spy Vicky Pelaez will go home to Peru after her deportation from the United States to Russia, her lawyer said in comments reported on Peruvian RPP radio.
Pelaez is believed to be the only one of the 10 spies who pleaded guilty in U.S. court on Thursday not to be born in Russia. The 10 were quickly flown out of the United States in an exchange for four people convicted of spying in Russia.
Lawyer Carlos Moreno said his client was expected to spend about a week in Russia before returning to Peru, where she was born and has many relatives. The 55-year-old journalist has both U.S. and Peruvian citizenship.
The radio reported that she had decided to return home despite being promised a Moscow apartment, visas and air tickets to Moscow for her children, as well as a $2,000 monthly pension for life.
Her husband, who had been identified as Juan Lazaro of Uruguay, is reportedly a 66-year-old Russian Mikhail Vasenkov from Siberia. The couple has a teenage son, while Pelaez also has an adult son from a previous marriage.
BUENOS AIRES, July 9 (RIA Novosti)
