Quick Facts
Biography
Alexander Zaporozhsky (Russian: Александр Иванович Запорожский) is a former Colonel in Russia's SVR.
Zaporozhsky started with the KGB in 1975 followed by the SVR and was responsible for the recruitment of informants in the United States. In 1997, he secretly deserted to the United States and lived quietly in Maryland.
Russian news media reported that he played a role on behalf of the United States case of Russian FBI mole Robert Hanssen.
In 2001, Zaporozhsky was lured back to Russia by Russian intelligence, where he was apprehended and convicted of treason and given an 18-year prison sentence in 2003 for cooperation with the United States.He was subsequently released in July 2010 as part of a spy swap for the 10 Russian agents arrested in the United States as part of the Illegals Program.