childhood trauma

Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says

Can you even begin to fathom what it must be like to be a child and suddenly find out that your entire life has been a lie? Picture this – you wake up one morning, go about your usual routines, hang out with your friends, and then out of the blue, your parents drop the bombshell on you: “We’re actually Russian spies, and you’re Russian too.” Imagine the shock, the confusion, the fear that must have flooded those children’s minds on that flight back to Russia. To be uprooted from everything you’ve ever known, from the language you speak to the friends you have, and suddenly thrust into a foreign, hostile environment – it’s absolutely chilling.… Continue reading