Completely irrelevant to the USG who knew he was an espionage agent trying to wear a fig leaf of virtue. Shame on Hollywood and others for leaping at the bait.
Kids! If ROMAD can teach you one thing. Remember, if you are within range of an enemy's artillery or anything else that can target you via geo-location turn off your cell phones! Particularly if you are breed of savage monster who threatens atrocities against women and children.
Its not like Putin didn't have operatives all over the place. He has them all over the place in the United States. In fact, Georgie was one. In wartime that can get you killed if counter-intelligence can't allow you to give up Zelensky's position to the Russians.
Denis Kireyev story is shining a light on the cockroaches who are trying to point out that the Ukrainians killed one of their negotiators.
Look at the guy who committed "treason" calling out the guy who committed "treason"
It would be like 1948 Israel having diplomatic relations with 1943 Nazi Germany
Or a freely elected Polish government in 1945 having diplomatic relations with 1945 Soviet government (1939 invasion, Katyn massacre, Warsaw Uprising pause)