Almost all other sanctions lists don’t include the most likely spelling of his name or surname.The appearance of Korolev has been a secret. For years, the media and even some official sources have used a photo of a different Russian man to represent Korolev. We tracked down the man in the fake photo.The Kyiv Independent has also confirmed what Korolev really looks like.Even for a Russian spy service official, Sergey Korolev stands out as exceptionally secretive.Korolev, the second-in-command at Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), has hidden the details of his life and identity so well that even the basics like his birth date and appearance are mixed up or appear to have been invented entirely.This secretiveness may be helping him evade international sanctions.

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