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Are these people Russian nationals? What were their motives? Valleyofdawn (talk) 08:18, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, they are Russians except Vicky Pelaez who is from Peru.--Comiccar (talk) 08:48, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Husband of Pelaez is also from Peru. There are voiced concerns that detention of Pelaezes is politically motivated and related to Vicky Pelaez'es articles, critical of the U.S. Government: [1]

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The arrest comes weeks after Peláez wrote comments against the U.S. government and supported the idea of the use of a nuclear bomb to solve the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Friends of the Pelaez family argued that it is possible that the arrest is happening due to political reasons and discarded the “spy argument”.

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+ See this.

ellol (talk) 15:46, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NYT reports that Lazaro confessed, and said that Pelaez was involved. [2] --ChrisRuvolo (t) 21:31, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Furthermore, Time magazine quotes a Russian foreign ministry official that admitted that all suspects were Russian citizens.[3] Whether that means Pelaez is naturalized or a national remains to be seen, but considering her husband is said to have not been from Uruguay originally (and that Juan Lazaro is not his real name) it doesn't bode well for Pelaez. --み使い Mitsukai 23:11, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Anna Chapman residence

According to an AP article, "Chapman took an apartment a block from Wall Street".[4] I have information that Anna Chapman lived at 20 Exchange Place paying $8500/mo in rent for an apartment, but am having trouble finding a reliable source. I can find two links online to her at that address, but neither state that she lived there:

one of her purported websites, http://www.nycrentals.com/ lists the contact address at 20 Exchange Place.
this photo [5] shows her sitting on the balcony of 20 Exchange, looking north with 40 Wall Street and One Chase Manhattan Plaza in the background.

Does anyone have any reliable sources related to her residence? Thanks. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 15:48, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]