The Day We Discovered Our Parents Were Russian Spies • Discoverology

The Day We Discovered Our Parents Were Russian Spies

For years Donald Heathfield, Tracey Foley and their two children lived the American dream. Then an FBI raid revealed the truth: they were agents of Putin’s Russia. Their real names were Andrei Bezrukov and Elena Vavilova. Their sons tell their story.

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