José.

This is coolbert:

GRU = Russian military intelligence.

No way José. Academic hardly his chosen and real profession.

1. "Suspected Russian spy arrested in Norway spent years studying in Canada"

From www.theguardian.com 

"Man posing as Brazilian academic José Assis Giammaria thought to have used his time in the country to build up a deep-cover identity"

Additionally from our good friends at the "Barents Observer".

2. "Spy suspected Tromsø researcher José is GRU-linked Mikhail" 

By Thomas Nilsen October 29, 2022.

"Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) has charged Mikhail Mikushin with gathering illegal intelligence while working under fake identity at UiT Arctic University of Norway."

"The suspected man said he was Brazilian. At the University in Tromsø, he worked for free with a research group named Grey Zone, focusing on hybrid threats and warfare. The university has now removed his name from the group of 33 listed Norwegian and international researchers on the project."

Those two nations most vital to American intelligence interests during the Cold War 1. Norway and 2. Australia. Norway and the vicinity the Barents Sea vital to watching and monitoring the Soviet naval bastion of the  Northern Red Banner Fleet. In particular that naval bastion the Barents Sea with the preponderance of the Soviet missile-firing submarine force a great danger to the USA.

NOT hard to imagine the Russians during a time of crisis with the USA having now an elevated concern with the Barents Sea and environs. Intelligence as to be gleaned from human sources such as José vital at this exact moment.

coolbert.